I wanted to share a little bit of what our house looks like at Christmas. We got a BIG tree this year (well, big for us anyway). It is nine feet tall:

Here it is again (lights on this time):

We got Jack some special ornaments so the tree would be more "ours" and less "mine." Here are the latest additions:



Ashley has a fun new ornament too; a reminder of her trip to London:

And her old ornaments still adorn the tree (this one must be almost as old as she is):
Our stockings are hung by the chimney with care:
Is that pirate nutcracker? Why yes it is:

One of the people Jack works with at Honeywell gave us these wedding oraments last year. We bought a special tree just to display them:

My favorite new addition to the holiday decor -- Roly Poly Santa. He has a Russian coin inside and makes jingling noises when you shake him:
