It's an obsession

So I've been told I'm crazy and out of control, but frankly I don't mind. I have an addiction and I'm not willing to get help anytime soon. I'm addicted to Christmas trees. I have at least one in every room. After a discussion about this at lunch the other day, I decided it was time to dedicate an entire post to the trees in my house. I really enjoyed taking pictures of them :)

Here is Noah's tree. It's up high and completely unreachable for little 18 month old hands...

And then we have Noah's bathroom tree. It may not be the prettiest tree, but it has the most meaning for me. This was my grandma's tree. She passed away in '99. Last year, Grandpa gave this to me and I will forever put it up in my house.

In the computer room, Lance gets his own tree. He complains every year that it is so small, so I had to promise to go out after Christmas this year looking for a good 1/2 off deal on a new one. What is Lance's decoration of choice? Star Wars, of course.

Then, in our bathroom, we have a tropical motif going on. What better way to add the Christmas spirit to that than with a gold tree and Santa on a surfboard. Oh, and the hula snowlady. She's a must.

Our bedroom has the hodge podge tree. You know all of those ornaments that are given to you for special events or ones people make for you? This is where they end up in our house. We've got Sweethearts 2003, Just Married 2004, New home 2006, Parents to be 2006, Baby's First Christmas 2007 and about 20 different framed pictures of our child. Imagine how crowded this tree will be when we have another one (way off in the future for those of you wondering.) Oh, and I thought I got a picture of the full tree, but apparently I didn't. You'll just have to imagine it with all of these awesome ornaments on it! :)

And then we have our main tree in the living room. Isn't it fabulous?

Just kidding! That's the tree at the Gaylord!

Here is our tree. If you've been to my house, you've seen my kitchen and all of its Coca-Cola glory. I won't drink the stuff, but it sure makes for some cute decor. Anyway, this tree is my favorite because of the great Coca-Cola Santas and ornaments out there!

So there it is. My tree obsession. I think I need a bigger house.

'Tis the Season

Christmastime is my favorite time of the year. It even ranks above my birthday. And, if you know me well, you know that my birthday is pretty darn important to me. I love the music, the decorations, the spirit of people and I love to be reminded of the reason that we celebrate it all. Christmas also brings with it the busiest time of the year. There seems to be something going on all of the time. This past weekend was the beginning of the season for the Tippett family and BOY was it packed with excitement!

Saturday morning the Tippett, Marshall and Ford clans headed to Dallas for the Adolphus parade. My mom was chosen to be Mrs. Claus in the parade this year! We wanted to ensure that we had really good seats, so we left Fort Worth at 6:30ish. AM. So much for sleeping in! We arrived with plenty of time to spare. (About 2 1/2 hours) We parked our gear down in a great spot and tried to stay warm and keep 3 boys entertained. We sent the big boys (Trey and Lance) to Starbucks and cuddled under blankets. It was so worth the wait! It was a great parade!

Here are some pictures from the parade. I took about 400 pictures. I figured that no one wants to look at 400 pics on a blog, so I narrowed it down a little. Ok, a lot.

The Tippetts

The family waiting and freezing

PawPaw entertaining Noah

Mrs. Claus!

Lance's favorite part:

Noah was fascinated!

As if getting up at 5:00 on a Saturday isn't enough to exhaust you, this weekend was also North Pointe's annual (minus last year) Christmas pageant. It started with some silly drama, but it turned out to be a really fun weekend. Noah wasn't sure what to do with himself. He loves church but spending 3 days there became a little tiring. We did actually manage to take naps both days. Thank God for a Sunday school room with a couch! I have been in charge of youth makeup for several years now. I'm not quite sure how I got the job, but I like it enough to keep it (for now...) Although, I'm pretty sure it's the reason I have a cold right now. Germy teenagers and close proximities do not do well for one's health.

My make-up buddy Shawna. The job may not be glamorous, but we make it fun!

The "youth number"--Christmas with a capital C

Yep, ladies, he's all mine :)

The nativity scene was beautiful!

This picture helps me to remember what all this craziness is about. Yes,it is stressful. Yes, it is tiring. But we have to put that all aside and remember why we celebrate Christmas.

Sneak Peek

We've had a fun and exciting weekend and I've taken lots of pictures. BUT, it's late and I'm tired so here's a little sneak peek. I'll post more later! :)

Shout out to Shipley!

I just want to say I have a great friend in Shipley. It's good to know she's got my back!

Thanks for the laughs today. :)

BTW, Lance is still mad and laughing at the same time!

Fore!

A few pictures from our fun Halloween night!

Noah's first circus trip and his crafty mom

We took Noah to the Shrine circus Thursday night for his first circus experience. Lance's mom got us free tickets so we figured we would go and see how he liked it. I have never seen him sit so still and wide-eyed in all his life! He loved it!

This is how he sat for the first 30 minutes or so. His hand didn't move!

Then, the animal parade started and he went CRAZY pointing!

Loving the motorcycles

This picture is so cool. I'm amazed that I took it!

And since I never post (according to Shipley) I am doing a double post this morning. I decided to be all crafty this weekend and make Noah a Halloween shirt. After much frustration with the wrong dye, stained orange hands and two trips to the craft store, he turned out with a pretty awesome shirt. Too bad we live in Texas and it's freakin hot in October.

Just like my daddy

Noah was all geared up and ready for Lance's soccer game last week. Too bad it was bedtime by the time it started!