Christmas Tree 2007

After dinner on Friday evening, the men (Mike and Austin) went out to get our Christmas tree. We always get the tree the first weekend in December so with plans to decorate on Saturday, we thought we better get it Friday. It was a little strange since Friday was still November but we did it anyway. The kids could hardly wait one more sleep to decorate it. Here's the finished product:


Here are a few of our favourite ornaments:

Mike's favourite. Of course it's a young Elvis - he even sings "Blue Hawaii" when you push a button.

Victoria's favourite. She was only one week old when she had her first Christmas and this ornament holds a picture of her at that time.


Austin's favourite. Every year the kids get ornaments from Grandma and Grandpa Carmody. Grandma always writes their name and the year on it. This gingerbread man was given to Austin in 2003 when he was only nine days old.


My favourite. This is an envelope ornament I got from my mom and dad some years back.

Oh, did I forget someone? :) I really didn't want to ask Samara which one was her favourite. We've been trying for two days to keep her hands off the tree. She's so attracted to all the lights and interesting things hanging on the tree . . . she just can't resist touching it. I'll just assume her favourite are the Chinese Cloisonne ornaments we got in China. Here are a few. (the pics didn't turn out very good but you get the idea).





So, I guess we're all ready now. I'm pretty much done my shopping. Just have to pick up a few more things and then we're all set. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!