Monday, December 21, 2009

12-14-2009 Monday - The Kitchen Tree

We were running out of time to enjoy our little kitchen Christmas tree this year, so we decorated it before breakfast on Monday morning before school.

Jeff held Luke up to put on the star. Of course we always have a star on our Christmas trees!

Our kitchen tree is decorated very simply with colored lights, gingerbread garland, candy canes, Christmas shaped cookie cutters, and cinnamon men, stars and trees. Jeff always puts a Lionel train around it and the kids love to watch smoke come out.

Our newest addition to our kitchen tree are beautifully decorated Christmas eggs we bought in Salzburg, Austria. They are a big tradition there. They had several little egg shops in the charming old city. Each egg is blown out and hand painted with different designs or little Christmas scenes on them!

I love the three little snowmen!

I love our Christmas tree when it is dark. The lights have a rich glow about them. It looks so pretty and peaceful.

1 comment:

Mike and Shelby said...

That is a pretty little tree!

School Year Highlights!

School Year Highlights!
Drew's drama club went to NYC over the holidays!

Holly's Classical Voice Recital

Noel won Castille Elementary Student of the Year from the Kiwanis Club. She's here with Peter Vidmar - 2x Olympic Gold & 1x Olympic Silver Medal winner.

Church History Tour Easter Break

Church History Tour Easter Break
Palmyra - Joseph Smith's home where he grew up!

We went to Niagara Falls too!

The Angel Game!

The Angel Game!
We got on the big screen!