Decorating for Christmas

Decorating for Christmas this year definately took me a little bit longer. I did as much as I could during the day and then we set aside one night to tackle decorating the tree. Tanner's "baby's first Christmas" ornament from great grandma and grandpa Tolstrup went on the tree first. Daddy helped him hang it in just the right spot. After hanging his ornament, Tanner decided to just supervise the rest of the evening from his swing. Sosa and Callie decided they needed to be in the pictures with us and then they sided with Tanner and supervised from their beds. The rest of the decorating was left up to Tyler, Troy and I (they even wore matching sweatshirts for the occassion). After a fun evening of cookies, Christmas music and laughter our tree was finally decorated and looks amazing.





This ornaments gets a special place on our Christmas tree every year. It is the ornament in memory of my brother Matt. The ornament reads "I love you all dearly, now don't shed a tear, I'm spending my Christmas with Jesus this year". There is an entire poem that goes with it that I read every year when I hang the ornament. I can't wait for Tanner to get old enough for me to tell him all about his amazing uncle that is looking out for him from Heaven.