Treasures

 Hadlee could not wait for

Daddy (and Walker) to get the tree up

so we could hang the ornaments.

After about fifteen minutes or so,

she was done...

as in d-o-n-e, done!

Might have been mommy's desire

for precise placement of each

treasured ornament, I'm just now sure;

regardless, Haddie Girl

fell sound asleep right then and there! 

Walker, in true Walker D fashion,

was in and out hanging an ornament here

and there but MOSTLY trying to

shoot particular ornaments with his nerf gun;)

 Which then led to jumping off

the chair before he shot...

 THEN this seemed allllllll

too funny to Walker......

 I have to admit that I had tears

rolling down my face! 

This kid is a RIOT:)

 He is goofy, spirited and funny!

He is so.much.like.his.DADDY;)

Moments laughing with him and at him

are absolute treaures!!!!!!! 

 I absolutely LOVE ornaments.

I can tell you exactly where each of

my ornaments came from and I

treasure them dearly.

I especially love these that have

my babies' pictures...

Walker when he played soccer at age four,

Haddie at Mrs. Heather's

and Hudson at Mrs. Janice's...

 Superman...well, that one speaks

for itself.  And how appropriate that

my "Bless Us Everyone" hangs by

our Superman:)  LOVE the white

Christmas tree ornament that my

parents gave us one year.  My mother

gives us at least one ornament a year

and she has always bought us

ornaments while on their trips

all over the world. 
Kelli G painted the hot pink balls
with her special education kids
a few years ago and tied the
cutest polka dot ribbon on them.

Treasures.

 South Bosque has given us an

ornament with Walker's picture

every year since he was in pre-k.

Haddie made such precious

ornaments over at Mrs. Heather's

and Mrs. Janice's.

Now, Hudson is doing the same:)

Treasures!

 In fact, here is an angel

that Hudson made last week!

I love it:)))

 My latest treasure...

 New Big Brother & Big Sister ornaments!

Love these!

My precious little God Daughter, Kate
and Chloe are getting one, too:)

 These three ornaments are priceless

treausures to me...

Baby's First Christmas Ornaments

for each ~ 2002, 2006, 2010

 Betsy sent me this ornament and another like

it when Walker was little.  One hangs on my

wall all year long.  I also love to hang my

Betsy & Craig ornament...that's

how she asked me to be a bridesmaid

in her wedding 14 years ago. 

 This red reindeer is an antique...my mother gave

me several of my ornaments from her tree

when I got married.  The dove is one that

I made in elementary school. 

The white Christmas tree one is silk...

my parents bought it in a lace shop

in Antweys, Belgium. 

Priceless treasures.

 The first trolley car that Kelli sent me

from San Fran when she first moved there.

Such a treasure...she's my San Francisco Treat;)

 A sweet student...Amanda Matthews

gave me the Eiffel Tower.  Love it.

I bought the pink Mr. & Mrs. Clause heart

ornament to represent Troy & me;)

 Speaking of Troy and me...

one of my principals, Brenda, at the first

school I taught (Coppell Middle School West)

gave this to me when I got married in 1999.

A treasure...

 I did a post similar to this a couple

of years ago...but I can't resist doing it

again:)  I love a home decorated for

Christmas ~ especially my very own. 

Makes me feel so grown up and...

content! :)

Ahhhh my favorite and treasured 

picture of my Sweet Chloe Bo

who now lives in Australia :(

Cutest Christmas picture EVER...

AND she has a new baby brother, Ben!

He was born on October 10th to my bestie

Kimberly and her hubby Marc. 

Baby Ben is now a treasure

(down under!) to me!!!

My dear mother gave me this angel

and it is one of my very favorite

gifts EVER...she bought it because

the angel has brunette hair like me.

Only a mother would think of that!!!

 She is a treasure to me...

just like my beautiful mother is.

 Talk about a treasure.............

I absolutely adore this manger scene

that my dear mother-in-law painted.

It is so precious and perfect.

God bless my mother-in-law's heart,

but she had major back surgery two

weeks ago and is still in the hospital

and can't walk yet.  :(

It's been awful for her and I can't

pray enough for her healing.

Her sweet son, my hubby,

has been staying most nights at the

hospital with her

(that's where he was this night).

I treasure her and him so much. 

Hadlee loves this manger scene

and plays with it quite often...

very delicately of course!;)

She has been asking me lots of questions

about Baby Jesus and Mary.

Each year, especially since becoming a mother,

 I am even more moved

by the entire story of the birth of

Jesus and all that goes along with it.

I love Haddie's sweet questions

and I love the song "Away in a Manger".

Friday night the kids decorated

their own treasured trees:) 

Walker is really into his nutcracker

collection that Grandmother started

for him a few years ago:)

 Maybe next year Hudson will

get a Christmas tree upgrade;)

But the absolute BEST

treasures in my life are

my little Prince Charming who slept

through all of the tree decorating..............

My beautiful Sleeping Beauty..........

 And of course my Nerf Ninja;)))

 For where your treasure is,

there your heart will be also.

Luke 12:34