A Wonderful Surprise...

I just want you to know I have two wonderful daughters, daughters that thought mom could not go without a Christmas Tree in the living room... Let me fill you in, we always have a big live Christmas Tree that we go out and cut down ourselves. We usually make it a big family thing, even though the girls don't live at home anymore....But this year is different. I am having surgery on my nose on Tuesday. In my instructions it says do not sneeze for 2 weeks after surgery. Well I am allergic to pine, yea and I sill have a live tree. Go Figure, we love them. But this year I said no to the tree, so we weren't going to put up the tree in the living room. Well my daughters weren't going to have that! So my youngest daughter Amanda had 2 trees and brought one down on Thur. morning while I was at school and did all the decoration.... I was so excited when I got home Thur. evening to find a tree not only up but decorated with all my favorite family ornaments. This tree is a lot smaller than the ones we usually have, but she found all the right ornaments she knew I would want on it!!! It was so beautiful, she made me CRY!!! My girls really do take care of me!!! This one is hers !!!

and the one she made me that looks quilted...

Her sisters first Christmas Stocking....

and Colleens "First Baby Ornament" bulb also....

How cute is this with her name on it in 1988...

I'm sure we must have gotten this at some craft show at the mall years ago for Colleen...

One of my very first cross stitch ornaments...

And a hand painted one I did years ago... It is actually a little box I would hide small gifts in...

And I bet know one can guess what this one is made out of??? It is a piece of dried Okra painted to look like Santa. One year I painted 100 of them and sold them all at a craft show...

These two had to get in on all the action this morning. There is a tree in "THEIR WINDOW"... and of course that is where their "sun" is also in the mornings. So they climbed right up with the tree to get warmed up this morning, all snuggled together..

This is Toms "Star Trek Tree", all of his ornaments....

Have A Good One,

Lynn