A Christmas Tradition

For as long as I can remember, my dad would put my sister and I on his shoulders and we would put the star on top of the tree. Jason and I have continued this with our kids and every year the star is put up by each one.

Mauryn

Sadie - she has come a long way! She is pretty scared of heights, and most years her picture is of her hanging on for dear life and crying! Looks like she is still hanging on with all her might, but we got a smile this year!

Denver's turn

Oh, I have to add... we got a fake tree this year! This is a major no-no in the Bruce household! Jason's dad has a tree farm, so our trees usually come from there, but before we lived in Tucumcari, the only option was a live tree for us!! We committed a major crime and got a fake one this year!! Mainly because next Christmas Jason most likely will be deployed, and we realized that it would be difficult for me to carry a live tree in by myself-where as this one is pretty light and easy to assemble! But we already decided, we will only use this one when he is gone, and a real one all the other years.