My friend Tricia tagged me for this post about your favorite or sentimental Christmas ornaments. I thought it was a fun idea since I love getting everything out to decorate the tree each year.
This is the first ornament that Mike gave me the first Christmas that we were married. The funny thing is that it was on the tree for at least 24 hours before I noticed, even though Mike had put it in a very obvious place…and it MOVES!!! I can’t believe I missed it, but it’s true.
In the photo above, the egg is a gift that was given to me by a friend of my mom’s when I was 5 years old. I just love it and think it’s so pretty.
The Mickey Mouse was given to us by Kim and Eddie in 2002. I love this guy because it makes me smile and think of them and their kids.
The cross we bought in China this March. I really wanted to find one there because of the other crosses we have collected, but man we got down to the wire before I found this one while shopping with Kiki at the Silk Market.
Nadia’s 2008 ornament is a drum. I embossed her name and the year on it. In the future she will be able to pick her own, but for this year I wanted something to represent her favorite thing…and drums is IT! (a close second would have been a pair of boots).
We got this bell in Solvang, California on a trip to introduce Mike to my family in CA when we were engaged in 1994.
These are of the yearly World Vision ornaments. So far I have Peace, Joy and Hope. The one for 2008 is Hope. Donors can get these by making a donation to the maximum impact fund. These obviously mean a lot to me because of my being a Child Ambassador for World Vision.
And like my friend Tricia, we handmade ornaments for friends and family the first few years we were married, but we no longer have any of them…if we even ever did. They may have gotten lost or broken, or we may have just given them all away and didn’t think to keep any for ourselves.
And I have to say that I am really looking forward to making ornaments with Nadia in the future.
