Tree Trimming

It's that time of year again. Out comes the tree, the box of beloved ornaments, and two boys ready and eager to decorate. (Though you certainly can't tell that from the expression on their faces in this first photo!)

My mom has always bought the boys a special Hallmark ornament for each year of their life. So it's a lot of fun for the boys to find "their" particular ornaments mixed in with the others, and to hang them up themselves. Each year they take great care in selecting just the right spots for "their" ornaments. And each year the spots get a little higher on the tree.

There are also many ornaments handmade by Mom that I love to take out and look at all over again each year.

And it seems no matter how crushed and dismal the tree looks when I pull it out of its box and first set it up, by the time it's fluffed a little, and decorated to the hilt, it looks beautiful!

Marty being the tall man that he is always has the job of putting the angel on top of the tree. Benny told me later that he thought HE could also reach the top of the tree without a ladder. I told him next year he can try it.

Merry Christmas, everyone!