Christmas Ornaments

I thought I would post all of our Christmas Ornaments - and really, I just need to write it down so I can remember.  Ha ha!

2003
This was our very first Christmas together (engaged).  My aunt Rose gave us this ornament and started the tradition!

2004
This was the year that we lost our sweet Hannah, so this is her ornament.  We keep this ornament out year round.

2005
This year we bought our new house (well new to us).  We spent a lot of time remodeling the entire house.  We even painted our bedroom red, so we thought this ornament was perfect!

2006
This year we were able to go to Chicago!  While we were in Chicago we went on a tour of a few Frank Lloyd Wright houses.  They were amazing!  He is one of my favorite architects.  This is an ornament that is in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright.  We also leave this one up year round.  (as you can tell from the spider web, Oops!

2007
This was a big year for us in learning about adoption.  We were actually approved to adopt in Oct 2006, but it wasn't until 2007 were we really found out what adoption was all about.  We had a LOT of contacts with mothers that were considering adoption, were matched quite a few times, and had quite a few fall through.  This was a year of HOPE, JOY, and WISHing!

2008
This year we have a had a great year, but one of our fun outing was going to Disneyland with Rodney and Carrie.  We found this ornament in the shops there and couldn't pass it up.  I love snowflakes!

Which brings me to our wrapping paper this year.  I love it!  I just had to share!

I hope ya'll are having a very Merry Christmas Season!  Can you believe it is almost here?  

LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR!  WOOOHOOO!

(sorry about the blurry pictures! :P)

Christmas Ornaments

Every year we have the tradition of getting a new Christmas Tree Ornament for our tree that represents our year. We found quite a few that we really liked and wanted to get, but they were always out of stock.
Here is what we finally decided on. I LOVE them. They aren't your traditional "yearly" ornaments. There no year on it or a specific event that it represents, but I think it pretty much covers our year.




There has been a lot of wishing and praying for a baby to come into our home. A baby to share our love and happiness with. There has been a lot of hoping as we hope for the chance to become parents with each opportunity and contact that we receive. And we have experienced a lot of Joy this year as we spend time together. Our lives are full of joy and happiness even in the small little family that we have. We are so thankful for this year and all that we have accomplished and experienced. We wouldn't change anything about it! It was a wonderful year!