The tree is all decorated and the new ornaments are up!! This year we moved the living room around a bit and put the tree in front of the windows. We like it here much better!!
Dakota & Leland with the tree.
Lights on and lights off. I didn't take a picture of it but the angel on top of the tree I made. I made it our first Christmas we were married, 2007. It is very special to both of us!! Most of our ornaments are very sentimental. We don't have a themed tree it is a mish mosh of things, and that is how we like it! We have ornaments from both of our childhoods and now we are collecting ornaments for Colton. When we buy an ornament it will have a significance.
Our mantle with stockings that I handmade for us Colton's first Christmas, 2009. Leland & Dakota's stockings I bought. My stocking has rudolph, Colton's has a snowman and Cody's has the abominable snowman. I had such a great time making them. Shannon helped me make them these are the same style stockings that they had growing up. Cody and I are more about the sentimental things than the fancy store bought items.
The mantle and our nativity. We have the Willow Tree nativity set, it is not Cody's favorite because they don't have faces.
A wreath Colton made at school for us.
Colton's rudolph he made at school with his hands and feet. I LOVE all of his projects he makes and comes home with!
Colton's hand. I traced his hand on paper and cut it out on felt, stuffed it and then sewed it together. I made one for his first Christmas and I want to continue doing this tradition every year. Another keepsake!
Colton's ornament for this year. He was a pirate for Halloween so a pirate ornament was exactly what he needed. I order our personalized ornaments from the Christmas Spirit shop out of Maine. http://www.christmasspiritshop.com/
Our family ornament for this year from the same company. I love how they include the pets!
I started collecting a series from Hallmark for Colton. The series actually started the year he was born, 2009. I love that he started his collection with the first one. It is a Hallmark series called Mickey's Christmas Carol series. I'm a huge Disney fan and I love that it is Mickey's Christmas Carol, I'm so happy we started this other tradition for him. This year was Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge.
