Time to Trim the Tree!

 I think this tree has been the BIGGEST and BEST bargain I've ever gotten - EVER.

It's a 9' high tree that is 7' wide.

I found it at a yard sale for $20.00!!!!

All I knew when I bought it was that it was a 9' tall tree - I'd never have guessed it was a WIDE tree too.  Lucky for us we have the room for it.

Alyssa is growing up so fast.  She was able to put on a lot of the bottom half of the tree branches this year.

 Daddy came in to help make sure they were in all the way

All the branches on the tree.  We skipped the bottom row last year because it was already so big around without it.  But thought, why not this year.  We wanted to see how wide this tree was since we never really knew.

 This is Alyssa and daddy measuring the bottom: 7'

 Time for lights!

Tree with 400 lights - we think we need more

It took us 3 hours to get the tree out, set it up, and clean up afterwards and that is as far as we got.

We hope to get it decorated tonight - photos from part 2 coming soon