Oh, Christmas Tree

Josh and I are proud owners of our very own fake tree that takes 15 minutes to put up, came with lights, and is the kind of low-maintenance that we require. We may not be very particular about our tree, but we love our ornaments. One thing you may not know about us is that we collect ornaments from the various places we visit. It all started with our honeymoon in Jamaica when I impulsively bought this gem:



And continued when we went to Austin, Texas and found this guy:


This year we picked up a couple ornaments from San Simeon (Hearst Castle):

The Neptune Pool


Hearst Castle

Not only are we nerdy enough to have bought ornaments of the monuments when we went to DC, but we are nerdy enough to have put them together in our own mini DC:

You can't see it very well, but the Pentagon is back there, too.
As is the Neptune Pool, but that was just wishful thinking.

We tried to include Monticello and Mt. Vernon, but decided it would not be geographically accurate.

Mt. Vernon, including tiny deer

Ever since last year when Josh bought a slew of Star Trek ornaments in an eBay auction, we have had a tradition where he gets to pick only a few to put on the tree (it's my way of letting Josh get something he wants without being stuck with a tree full of Star Trek ornaments). Here he is trying to decide which ones to include:


He finally decided on:

Baldy Von Balderson


Weirdo McBeardo


And this guy

We don't just buy ornaments from places, however, but also of things we like, such as The Beatles:

The one on the left is from the EMP, which we visited when we went to Seattle in August

And, of course, we rounded things off with a festive tree-topper:

Even our tree says, "GO DUCKS!"

We love our ornaments.