So I must have borrowed my mom's Christmas stuff last year because I'm pretty sure we had a star on top of our tree. This year our poor tree looked so bare without that special topper and our budget had been met, so we made one. And I think we'll keep it.
Hazel has a sweet double chin in this pic
Much better. I have to add that my favorite part about Christmas trees are home-made ornaments. I will never have a tree that has all fancy decorations that match and color-coordinate. This year Hazel and I made a few paper snowflakes for the tree which I will keep as long as they hold up. For one of our family nights we wrote our gifts to Jesus on little snowmen ornaments. Everyone wrote nice things on theirs except for David who just wrote the same thing I did, preceded by "I will help mom....(be more patient, not yell, etc.) Little snipe.
We are also carrying on a tradition I started with my mom where everyone in the family gets an ornament that has to do with what they did that year. This year David gave me an angel that had a baby (charlotte), a graduation cap (his return to BYU), a cat (our devilish new addition to the family), and an "I voted" sticker (the campaign for city council)--all glued on. I bought him a pillsbury dough boy ornament for bringing in the dough this year at work. Hazel got a princess crown and Charlotte got a lady bug (we call her Lottie bug; it's stuck).
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