We decided that our first tree had to be a real one, so we went to a tree lot down the street from our apartment and found the perfect tree - A tree in between Charlie Brown and somewhat full. It ended up being too tall for our apartment and had to chop off a several inches from the top.
We had a blast decorating the tree with ornaments that were given to us from family and ornaments that we made.
Here are some close ups on four of the beautiful ornaments Jasen made:
