One of my favorite parts of Christmas is putting up the tree. We have a very eclectic collection of ornaments, and I love remembering the story behind each one. As I've done in previous years, I thought I'd share some of the new ornaments we got this year.
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| Hannah started a tradition of giving all of us ornaments each year. Last year, she did a Mario Kart theme, since we all like to play together. My character is Baby Peach, but she wasn't available, so Princess Peach is a good stand-in. Isn't she cute? |
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| I got this one when we went to Wisconsin with Darby's parents this summer. |
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| Darby's mom gets us an ornament every year. Believe it or not, we didn't have a Texas ornament, so she found us this one on eBay. Hopefully next year we'll be unpacking our Texas ornament in Texas. |
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| Darby put these adorable little mittens in my stocking last year. He knew I would think they were cute. And now that I knit, they're even more appropriate! Maybe by next year, I'll be up to making mittens. |
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| One of my primary objectives in Italy was finding Christmas ornaments. I got this one in Florence. It shows my favorite view. |
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| And I got this glass one in Venice. I was amazed it didn't break after being stuffed into my carry-on bag. |
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Our tree will never be magazine-worthy, but that's the way I like it. I love that each of our ornaments is meaningful. And I have so much fun searching for ornaments on all of our trips.
3 comments:
This reminds me of our tree! All of our ornaments have "meaning" to us and I love it. Its like walking down memory lane each year when we decorate. Trips, special events, hobbies, etc. We also gave our kids ornaments each year on their birthday...that was a shock to the tree when Zach married and I handed over 21 ornaments! Then the same with Ashley! We still give ornaments and for the grands I give them an ornament each year that reflects the theme of their birthday that year! So fun to look for the ornaments through the year and they love them! Have a merry Christmas friend!
Love the ornaments. You know what our tree looks like! Some of the ornaments were made 33 years ago when Dad and I were poor college students. Lots of great memories!
The ornaments from Italy are georgeous!
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