I'm sure everyone has their own Christmas traditions. Here is one I wanted to share from our family. Since I was born, my parents started an ornament tradition. Every year we get an ornament to represent something that happened that year. Justin and I have continued that tradition since we have been married. Here are a few ornaments I wanted to share.
This was a really neat ornament we got as a wedding gift. The back license plate says "Just Married 2004".

Anybody who knows Justin well...knows he is a Starbucks junky. He normally takes coffee with him to work but he has now declared Friday as "Starbucks Friday". So...I got him an ornament one year since he loves it so much.

This ornament represents my first trip to Disney World...IN MY TWENTIES! Now...there is nothing wrong with that fact. I'm just saying...I never went as a kid, so when we did go...we got an ornament for the tree.

This is a rocking horse ornament from when I was little and I though it was cute.

These two ornaments are from our honeymoon in Gatlinburg, TN

This is our ornament f0r 2011. Justin and I went to San Francisco, CA for our Babymoon (some of you may be scratching your heads and saying your what?...that is the term for a trip people take before they have a baby). We had a fabulous time. We even got to ride the trolley cars downtown...here is a mini version of them.

My mom gave me all my ornaments when Justin and I got married. This is the ornament from my first Christmas.

And here is the cutest ornament EVER!....This was one of the things Briggs and I did when we went
pottery painting. They had these cute ornaments that were the perfect size for his fat little hand. So we put his hand print on one side and "My 1st Christmas" on the other.

Have you ever been to someone's house who has a beautiful decorated tree with all matching ornaments, ribbon, tree skirt and presents? I actually used to want that kind of tree...or at least a second tree that could be our "formal tree".
I'm not knocking anybody who has that kind of tree or is in the process of creating one. However, we have decided to just have a family tree at our house and I'm loving it, especially now that we have Briggs. I don't even want a formal tree anymore. I love our tree that has a meaning and a purpose with all the ornaments on it. When I look at it, it has so many memories represented.

And finally I wanted to include a picture of our Christmas card display. When I shared the picture of my idea it was looking a little bare. We are just a few days away from Christmas and we have so many great cards hanging up. We love getting cards from friends and family and thank all of you who have contributed to our Christmas card display :)