Thursday, December 12, 2013

Christmas Traditions

I really do love Christmas traditions and one of my favorites is our ornament tradition. When my parents got married 27 years ago they began purchasing ornaments every year that reflected major events of that year. This continued once my sister and I came into the picture and some of my best memories come from taking out the ornaments to decorate the tree and bringing back some wonderful (and often hilarious!) memories! Some of my favorites include the hood ornament that came off the Buick my mother and I totaled just before Christmas in the early 90's, the pink ornaments my aunt handed out at her baby shower BEFORE she was told she was having a boy, key chains from our favorite vacation spots, etc. Take a look at two of my ornaments for this year... (I have at least one more but I forgot to photograph it..)
 In honor of my first year teaching, we found this at a beautiful kiosk at a local mall. They are an awesome little shop and always willing to customize! :)

And a 'Saint Leo' ornament in honor of my graduation last April.

Of course, there's always a few traditions that just won't die...
So naturally I must drag others into the tradition with me...
 :) By the way, what do you think of these pictures? They were taken with my brand new....Christmas camera!
(In hindsight I should've turned off the TV) Since I've been taking pictures with a potato for the last year or so, I decided to treat myself using some of the traditional Christmas money given to me by my Granny Woot. Yay!
Merry Christmas!
~Farm Girl Teacher
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