O Christmas Tree

It has taken us since Friday to get the tree decorated. And most of the ornaments are on the lower branches :) It is so neat to hear the kids get excited when they spot an ornament they remember from last year. They each have their favorites. Our tree is filled with ornaments that have come from somewhere. Daddy is insistent that we remember where each ornament has come from - that is has a special reason for being on the tree. It can't necessarily be because it is pretty. We don't have store bought glass balls or garland. Since being married, we have bought ornaments from every place we have ever gone - Crested Butte, St. Augustine, Green Bay just to name a few. One of the biggest treats the kids get when they travel someplace is they get to pick out an ornament (which isn't very often and mostly from Disney :). We have received ornaments from friends commemorating our marriage, pregnancies and births of our children. It gets a little crazy with the kids all trying to put ornaments on and truth be told daddy goes back later on and switches a few of them around :). But I like our little Christmas tree decorating tradition. I like that each ornament has a story, a reason for being on our tree. It may not be the most glitzy tree or the most colorful but it is the most meaningful . . .