Christmas Tree

I just returned today from a 3-day school board conference in Casper. Casper has real stores. We do not have real stores in my small town. No mall, no Wal-Mart, no Target, not even a Kmart. It usually doesn’t bother me because I am not much of a shopper. But when I want something I usually want it right then, and the closest Wal-Mart is 1 ½ hours away. Anyways, while I was in Casper, I went shopping to Hobby Lobby. I must admit I love that store! I have to be careful while I am there or I could get out of control.

Last year Rob bought us a new Christmas tree from Dillards at their after Christmas sale. We have really high ceilings in our house so he bought a 9’ tree. Well, Hobby Lobby had all their Christmas ornaments on sale at 50% off, so I bought lots. As soon as I got home from our trip I decided to put up the tree. It took a few hours, but it felt so good doing it. And I am so happy because the tree looks beautiful!

This is the first year in a long time that I have had real ornaments on my tree. Don’t worry - I bought all plastic and “shatter-proof” ornaments. In years past we just decorated our tree with teddy bears because Dalin had broken a lot of our ornaments and I had thrown all our glass ones away. Today, I had Dalin help me decorate our new tree in hopes it would help him take ownership in it. I am hoping that he will enjoy looking at the tree, remember how much fun we had decorating it and somehow not feel the desire to destroy it.