Trees for the littles

We started the tradition with Riggs.....on his very first Christmas he had his very own tree in his room.

   

 Ever since then the littles have had their very own trees...that they decorate and that has ornaments that are special to them...so there are four more trees in the Hardy house now! They love them and I love that they love them so much! This year SK added a pink cup cake to her tree in honor of her favorite book....Pinkalicious!

 Riggs was so sweet to help Lila with her tree....

 These two have a very special bond....

 Lila's is baby pink......

 SK's is hot pink......

 The girls were so excited to add the ornaments I let them pick out in Disney over fall break.....Ariel for SK and Belle for Lila!

 Riggs also did his tree tonight....

 He added XC medals to his branches! SO cute and SO creative!

Rollins was at a pajama party so his tree awaits him when he returns!

Finally .....it's time to deck the halls!

I look forward to decorating our home for Christmas every year. It is so nostalgic....getting the ornaments out and remembering where you got every one...and the warm cozy aura that the Christmas lights bring to this place we call home.  I just love it! I hang and place and tie ribbons on everything....but the tree we decorate together!

I love our old ornaments but it is always fun to add new ones too...like this one from the XC banquet...

The end result always takes my breath away!

Tonight we were lucky enough to hear The Drifters version of White Christmas at the conclusion of the tree decorating session...we all always dance to that one! Swirls of light and laughter filled the house tonight...it must be Christmas time!

Oh Christmas tree....2010

I put up the tree and none of the lights worked this year....our prelit Christmas tree had given up on us. Jeremy couldn't believe it...and so an hour after plugging in the strand individually and checking bulb after bulb.....Clark Grizwald took the scissors to it...and our prelit tree was hopeless. And with a tight budget that doesn't include a new tree this year...and four littles waiting to decorate the tree...I just added more light strands to our non working, cut up, pre lit tree...and no one cared a bit. I unwrapped each ornament and handed them to who I thought would most like to hang each one.  I adore our tree..it's nothing special...has no theme, but it is truly a scrapbook of memories from our lives...ornaments from my childhood....ornaments from Jeremy's childhood...first Christmas together, wedding bell ornaments, baby on the way ornaments, baby's first Christmas ornaments, princess ones, soccer ones, and more to add this year!I have ordered a runner ornament for Riggs! When you open the ornament box, the memories just flood into your heart...our tree tells a story...a story of love. 

The finished product was beautiful in our eyes...even though it has 900 lights on it that don't work!