Today was the day. We have planned it for a couple of weeks. And yet when it got here no one wanted to motivate. Finally mid afternoon we were all dressed and ready to go. We had a couple stops to make first. Dropped off mail for Mom and stopped and saw Gayle and Bill.
Then we hit the stand in Orchards because the sign had said $10 trees. Ha. Not today. We headed back to Hazel Dell where we should have stopped at first. Yes they had $10 trees and they were all small. The littles managed to find a pretty beautiful little tree.
They decorated the whole thing themselves. It started off with just white and sliver. And then little miss decided we needed to put some red ornaments on. I think she was right. Decorating the tree is always a sentimental time. My aunt Cris made me the tree skirt many years ago. I still love the little angels that I have been using for over twenty years. Mona gave me bead ornaments one year and they are still a favorite. Along with the red cardinal. Little did she know it would have great meaning soon after. Red cardinals are symbols of our loved ones who have passed. So light and love Dave and the bird is on the tree.
One child wanted an angel top and the other wanted a star. The angel won because that is what we had. Kind of sad all the stuff that is gone, but we make new memories as we go. If nothing else we have learned never to be too attached to stuff. It is the people and the memories that are important. Hopefully the littles will remember that they decorated trees with Nana and she let them do it all if they wanted to.
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