Introducing Ernie

My sister and I have the habit of naming everything. It started with stuffies when we were little girls, and morphed into plants, cars, purses etc. as we grew older. Nothing's exempt...not even Christmas trees.

This past weekend, Mike and I took Becky to buy her first "tree in a bucket" to decorate her apartment for the holidays. We were surprised (but only a little) when she chose the scrawniest Charlie Brown tree at Target. "But he has a NAME!," she said, pointing to the label on the box, 'Ernie Pine.' "We HAVE to buy him!" Thus, Ernie, the newest member of the Soares family, was born.

We had a blast, Beck, decorating with you and snapping a few pictures of you and Haley for your holiday cards. It just wouldn't be Christmas without dressing your poor little dog up as an elf!