For some reason it's always been a tradition in my family's house that we don't decorate for Christmas until after Josiah's birthday, which is Dec. 6th. Without meaning to, Russell and I did the same thing for our first Christmas.
LOWE'S had nice trees for a good price. After checking out a few others we ended up getting the first tree I pointed out. Why is it usually like that? Only in Florida do you go tree shopping wearing sunglasses with a Tropical Smoothie shake. =D
It's been fun decorating for this season, but it's been hard too. My Christmas ornaments were the only thing from home that I hadn't touched, and somehow it seems like I've just cut the final cord linking me to home. All my stuff is here, all my stuff is out, and it's final----I really will never be a part of my family again. I miss everything familiar at this time of year: the same old ornaments we've put out for years, the sounds--talking, laughter, or singing---of someone other than myself in the house, Mom and Lydia's companionship in the kitchen, the aroma of baking cookies we made together, and the old Christmas tunes we've listened to every year since I can remember.
After I got through the initial dread, I realized it was very nice to see my Christmas things again.
This is the first year that I've been able to hang most of my balls, seeing as I never had my own Christmas tree before. I was surprised to find that in all the collecting I've done over the years, the color scheme of my ornaments is mainly maroon, red, pink, gold, and white. Perfect! Even my angel-topper matches!
And as I unpacked the ornaments, Russell got the tree ready outside on the porch...pretty, pretty!
And once I got decorated it looked even prettier...
12-9-2010
Russell was exhausted after getting home from work, so I decorated the tree by myself. One thing I'm still not used to is being alone so much, so it was still nice to have him with me...even if he was sleeping. =)
2 comments:
Oooooh, the last picture is so *you guys*...I love it. =) It feels like home.
(sigh) Things change so quickly. That's something I'm quite conscious of this Christmas. Next Christmas might be very different indeed for my family... I'm praying for you, Hannah! I pray God gives you grace and real joy for these days filled with so much change.
YOUR TREE IS BEAUTIFUL! =) I'm sure it smells heavenly. I wish we at least had a evergreen scented candle or something... you know? =D I want to take some pictures of our living room. The Lord's blessed us with so many special things!
Thank you for sharing these memorable pictures. I loved them!
In HIM,
Naomi
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