The Tucker Tree

Taken with my 50mm 1.4 that I am not supposed to get and use until Christmas...oops. I also have no idea how I took this picture, but I love it!

Another fun bohka shot. Don't ask me how many times I tried to google "booka", "bookeh", and "bookah".  

To be honest, I am not in love with the 'colorful' Christmas idea. A couple years ago I went to Target the day after Christmas and they had tons of colorful ornaments on super-sale. Like super-super sale. So, colorful it is. I don't hate it, I just one day far-far away want to get a pre-lit, white, 10-footer and cover it with cliche green and red ornaments.

Until my cliche Christmas dreams come true, I will plop a cliche, giant red bow on top and call it merry! 

Here is last years tree, just for giggles. 

Chris was not a fan of last year's tree topper. Party pooper. He isn't much for those curly, glittery things. Men, meh. 

Linking up with Courtney and Megan!

Oh Christmas Tree

I love how everyone's Christmas trees, in a way, represent the owners personality. Growing up we had a tree full of random ornaments and bright colors, much like my mom; random and bright. Love ya Mom! Some people have those uptight organized trees that I long to have one day..   Last year Chris proposed a week before Christmas, so naturally I hit up the sales at Target the day after to score some ornaments for our first Christmas tree. There was little to choose from, even the day after, and I ended up with jewel toned ornaments. They wouldn't have been my first pick, but seeing how everything came together, I am pleasantly surprised.    I know one day we will have a tree full of our kids creations and have to resort to only decorating the top half of the tree due to a child ripping the bottom ornaments off. For now though, we are happy to have a tree with few custom made ornaments and a whole lotta color.    We started our own tradition this year. It's our first Christmas as a married couple, so new traditions are fair game. We decided that we would each pick an ornament representing something in our lives that year. This year I chose a camera. Why? Because Chris bought me a DSLR for Christmas even though I got it a week ago. The camera ornament represents the blog and my new life as a married woman and all the moments I love to capture...even if I don't know how to work the "M" mode yet :)    Now Chris...he chose the Grinch as his ornament. Seriously man?? Ya, that boy mus be trippin'! The Grinch doesn't give his wife a new camera three weeks before Christmas! As the rules go though, I have no say in what he picks. But I have free reign to judge away. I married a Grinch...a loving one though. Thank goodness.   Our tree matches Chris and I because it is a good mix of random and organization. Chris random, me organization all thee wayyy...ehhh maybe those are backwards, but I'll take what I can get. The colors are not traditional and are sorta out of the box, much like Chris and I!   

Here's the story on the ummmm tree topper? One fine Sunday the mister and I went looking for the finishing touches to our Christmas decor. On the list: tree topper. I showed Chris dozens and dozens of toppers and this was his reaction (wait for it because it is super overwhelming), "Eh." What the heck is eh?!? I am not quite sure what my hubs had in mind for a tree topper...the traditional star or angel didn't make the cut, but neither did the whacky toppers either. Was he expecting Santa to come sit on top of our tree? Or an angel from above to grace us with her presence? We left numerous stores topless. Yes, topless. Get your mind out of the gutter.   

Once we got home, topless, I began to decorate the tree. It got time to put the topper on and we were still topless. Excitin', right?!? Here is what I came up with (see above and below). Not exactly a topper, but it'll do. Maybe I will have some luck after Christmas when Chris is not invited along for the after-Christmas-sale shopping trip. Sorry Honey, no boys allowed. Ha, and look at that one lonely present. Maybe Chris really is the Grinch...just kidding!     

What is your tree like? Random? Organized? All matchy matchy??  I'd love to hear! Linking up with Nat and Megan at Honey We're Home!