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I want to live in a house that has multiple trees.

There. I said it (again.)

This doesn't mean I need a huge house, but I just LOVE the idea of having multiple themed trees. One may ask, why would you want multiple trees? Well, as mentioned, themes! I'm almost to the Disney themed tree that I've been collecting for quite sometime. Here are a few other trees I would like to have:

Classic red and green tree
Silver and blue tree
Family oriented tree - this means all those great ornaments from our parents and grandparents
Travel tree - since hubs and I collect ornaments when we travel, it would be great to have a tree just full of those ornaments
Snowman tree - I like snowman, so I have quite a collection of those ornaments

Really, there are so many more that could be had. And right now, I'm happy to report we've got two. Sure, they aren't straight up themed, but both are pretty close.

Our artificial tree is on the first floor. This is a combination of a snowman and family oriented tree. This tree has seen a good few years, and I think after this holiday, it may be retired to the land of discarded holiday trees.The second tree is our real tree. And if I do say myself, this tree is a pretty great tree. We picked it out in a matter of five minutes, and it is perfect for us. Around 8 feet, it is a great size and has that classic shape. Sitting in our main living area, it lights up our living room every night. And, this tree is almost a full Disney tree. There are a few ornaments regarding travel, or special meaning ornaments between the two of us.

With the trees up and ready for gifts (yes, I theme my wrapping paper every year too. This year, purple and green,) that means December is just about here. December 1st means the return of hubs advent calendar. I'll be keeping you posted on all the events as I did last year. It may be delayed though, because hubs and I are celebrating our four year anniversary a tad bit late (yes, September 29th has come and gone this year, I know that. Sometimes new additions delay things.) by taking a trip to LAS VEGAS!

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So...December 1 is "Sparkly Night Lights" meaning our night flight to Las Vegas to the strip lights!

And yes, if you keep track, I may recycle some themes from last year. Don't judge.

We leave today. Bags are packed, pups are at the 'spa', and we are ready to go! If you have advice on things we must do, please share. We have a slight itinerary, but everything is extremely flexible!

Scheduling the 25 Days of Christmas for hubs can sometimes be a challenge. Why? Several reasons:

Hubs (or myself) may not "feel" like doing the activity that specific day
Weather may not always cooperate
Spontaneous plans can interrupt the schedule

This is expected, but as a planner, I always have a back-up plan. There is always room for flexibility, after all, they are planned just so we have fun (or get things accomplished while feeling holiday cheer!) On day two, it happened. The theme of the day was "Holiday Decor," specifically aimed at the Ahrens' tradition of creating our own wreath to hang on the door. Our second holiday together, hubs surprised me by purchasing all of this greenery which we then molded into a fantastic wreath. We've done it every year since, but last night, by the time we would have bought the greenery, had dinner and prepped everything, it would have been a little later than we would have liked. So instead, we decorated the tree (which we were going to be doing anyway, we just focused our energy a little bit more) and decided to do the wreath another day.

I'm the kind of person who would love to have themed trees in every room (yes, I like to theme rooms for events as we recall.) A Disney tree here, a red & green tree there - the possibilities are really endless. Right now, I'm thankful to have not one, but two trees. We started this 'one real tree, one artificial tree' concept when we moved to Carmel a few years ago.

On the main floor, we have the 'real' tree full representing our relationship and adventures throughout the years. It includes ornaments from our travels (we always purchase a cook book and/or ornament when we travel) as well as ornaments that we give to each other for special occasions (which is mostly the holidays.) Inspired by Fun & Fearless, I wanted to show you a few of my favorites:

Quick explanations: The Mickey/Minnie ears represent our wedding as we were introduced wearing our own hats, the Mickey ornaments were purchased during our Disney vacations (the Santa bearing Mouse ears was from our engagement trip and the other is from this past summer) and the Canadian bear is from the Granville Market in Vancouver during our anniversary vacation. And of course hub's favorite:

Downstairs, the artificial tree has been switched up this year. In the past, it was known as the 'blue tree.' Since I bought the Disney topper during the girls' vacation at WDW this past summer, I've shifted our red and green bow downstairs. Thus, all those blue ornaments wouldn't really fit the scheme, so I expanded a bit.

Instead, ornaments I received growing up now hang. Every Christmas my mother would give me an ornament, here are few of my favorites:

The house is bright with lights as the holiday cheer is surrounding us (especially with this chilly weather in the air.) A busy weekend is ahead including today's activity for Day 3, tomorrow's activity and the End of Movember Gala (there is still time to donate!), and I'm off to Purdue on Sunday for a Sorority function before our Day 5 activity. Busy busy!

Any big weekend plans? How is your holiday decor coming along - are you in the holiday spirit?

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Oh Christmas Tree...

Day 2 - Christmas Decor