So we bought lights! I looked all over trying to find some similar to our old ones. I loved our old ones - they blinked in like 10 different patterns. I found some that have 15 patterns and while I love the patterns, I don't love the colors. But I didn't figure that out till they were on the tree. We left them for this year, but now I'm on the lookout for the perfect lights for next year. Now for the fun part of the tree.
Look how happy my boy is!
Quick, look! Teenagers... getting along... and smiling... in the same room... at the same time... while around one another!! (And you can see Nathan finally woke up.)
Elizabeth remembering her Dora ornaments. I love the history/nostalgia part of putting up ornaments.
Dad always gets to put the tree on the top. Speaking of history/nostalgia: this is the same star ornament we've had since we first got married and were starving students. That is a star ornament from when I was a kid. It had no special meaning then. My mom handed down a few ornaments when we got married so we could have something to put on our tree. There was no way we could afford to buy a star for our tree so we tied the ornament up there. We put it up every year and have for the last 19 years and tell that story and remember how far we've come and how blessed we truly are.
I don't quite know what they're doing here - just being silly I guess.
We put up stockings too. Lydia and her ever-thinking mind decided to wear her stocking. She cracks me up!
Let the Christmas Season begin! I LOVE this time of year!!!
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