Decorating the Christmas tree is one of my favorite things about Christmas. The year we were married, I wanted to go out and buy Christmas tree decorations, but Isaac was adamant that we only have meaningful decorations on our tree. So, over the past ten and a half years, we have bought decorations from just about every vacation we've been on and from every big event in our life. We don't have a single matching decoration- which doesn't make for a very pretty tree, but one full of wonderful memories. Here are just a few (of many, many!) that I snapped pictures of:
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| my ornament from my tree growing up |
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| a little Philly love |
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| from my preschool teacher. i need to step it up for my preschoolers! |
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| from our honeymoon |
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| from our first Christmas. The 'hope" ornament on the side is from an ornament exchange with friends in Philly. Hope is such a powerful word to me and I think of the blessings of adoption every time I see it. |
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| from our Puerto Rico baby-moon |
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| I bought this ornament while in utah after hazel was sealed to us |
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| Another Puerto Rican gem |
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| Hazel loves to put these tiny shoes on her big toes and show us how they fit her |
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| from SF China Town |
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| We miss Lancaster and the Amish |
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| This is part of a set of ornaments Isaac brought back from his mission in Russia. |
4 comments:
I love your tree of memories! And that Hazel is rocking the ears.
I love this! Where did you get your Philly one?
I love this! Where did you get your Philly one?
Hazel is adorable, I love the last picture with her cute, cute and sweet smile. I also think that your tradition of tree ornaments being special is BETTER than matching ornaments. So darling you guys are, Happy New Year, keep up the posts, I miss it when you're gone so long!!!! VLH
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