Ornament Time with the Moore Family

Last week...the boys were in Ark. visiting their grandparents, so I took advantage of the time -- and put up Christmas decorations, shopped (I'm COMPLETELY DONE), and completed many other things on my "to-do list". I did put up the tree, but we always (well the past 5 years I guess) have the boys help us put up the ornaments. We turn on Christmas music, pull out all the Hallmark Keepsake ornaments...and turn a plain tree into wonderful memories! This was a fun and memorable experience for me growing up...and I want to continue this with my family. Well, tonight was just like any other night...Carson had football until 5...then home we came to decorate!! The boys had a ball putting the ornaments on the tree...as well as dragging out all the boxes, fighting over who was going to put up certain ornaments (you know the usually brotherly love type conversations).

Here are a few pictures of our fun (for the most part) decorating experience:




Something that I decided to do tonight..was very memorable (at least to me). As I pulled out some of my old keepsake ornaments - I found the ornament that I got when I was 4 years old and the one when I was 6 years old...and I had the boys hang them each. I told them about how I was the same age they were (right now) when I got those. Carson seemed to think that was pretty neat...Barrett on the other hand -- well, you know -- he just wanted to hang it up and move on!! Here are the pictures of the boys holding the ornaments that were mine when I was 4 and 6. Boy, that sounds WILD...my boys are 4 and 6 -- they are no longer BABIES!! That makes me sooo sad!!



You know...God has blessed us with 2 wonderful boys, and he has blessed me with a wonderful husband/father that my boys adore. They think Davy is the best thing ever!! Here is a picture of the finished project and my boys (all 3 of them). You know our tree may not be a "theme" tree...and the ornaments may not be on there "evenly", but I know that my kiddos did it -- and that makes it even better!!