Our tree, Christmas light style

(Life is happening so quickly around me...and I feel like I am missing it because I am so far behind on my blog. I am determined to get caught up this week!)

Every year except one since we moved to Catlin, Shane has decorated our tree outside.  It is a ton of work for him, but the results are so wonderful! I've never seen another tree like it, and Shane gets lots and lots of compliments on it each year.

This year, we tried to get some pictures. (Obviously you can see from the clarity that I am not an expert on night shots.)

It is SO lit up that you can see it from pretty far away. 

This picture is as we come around the bend in our road.

See that big lighted blotch in the middle? *giggle*

Getting a little closer, you can start to make out the shape a bit more. 

Shane individually wraps the strands of lights around each branch.

And closer....

It really is pretty spectacular in person--I wish the pictures did it more justice.
Shane ran into one of our friends the other day (who lives around the bend in the other direction
and sees the tree from afar every night) who said he wished Shane would leave the tree up all year
long because he loves to look at it!

Who knows....for the amount of work it takes Shane to do this, (and the fact that sometimes the lights don't come down until April anyway) maybe he will.....

*grin*

April showers . . . . more like torrential downpours

So, ummmm....it's rained a bit the last few days in our little corner of the world....