It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around our house, because this weekend we put up our tree & decorations. There's something magical about this time of year and I'm reminded of that with every decoration taken out of the box. Our tree, is pretty special to us with every ornament having a meaning from previous years. Last night, we remembered each of those years before we'd place the ornament on its selected branch. Before kids, I always had a "themed" tree, in hopes, that one year we'd be able to have a full tree with nothing but our special ornaments. Brenton and I started the tradition back in 1999 when we were engaged and last year (2013) was the first year that our 7 1/2' tree was filled with all of our "family" ornaments (as we call them). Ethan, is at the age, he loves to hear the stories behind each and every ornament; which makes the tree trimming, that much more fun. Brenton and I have loved buying ornaments for each other, but now that we have the boys, it's so much more meaningful. Anyway, we had the best time decorating our house for Christmas and getting prepared for Santa. Oh, and speaking of Santa...he finally sent our scout elf to us for the season. Chippey, arrived and this morning he made our house filled with even more seasonal magic. Man, I love this time of year!
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| the magic is coming alive |
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| Ho Ho Ho |
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| selecting the proper branch |
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| Colin loved the tree |
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| but, loved dancing with Santa even more |
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| love them |
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| Chippey arrived |
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| our scout elf coming in for a landing |
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| Ethan reading the note Chippey left |
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| our Advent calendar is ready |
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| love my family |
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