O' Christmas Tree....

Well, we put our christmas tree up early this year which we were all very excited about and after reading Amie's blog about her christmas tree I thought I would write one about our tree. Since, like Amie's tree, ours too does not look like it came out of Martha Stewart Living. At first I was saddened at the fact that we had so few decorations and our tree could not look like a designer tree. Then after a comment was made confirming my initial thoughts of having a dull tree I was deeply saddened. Then I thought; I don't want a designer tree inspired by a Martha Stewart magazine. I want our tree just the way it is; Some lights, a few mixed-matched ornaments, and, my personal favorite, the paper ornaments made by the kids. We had fun watching the kids hang the ornaments on the tree. Some they placed on the same branch while others were placed far away. I realized in that moment that every tree is special to its family. And ours is special to us. It represents our family and I am happy with that.