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Christmas is definitely my favorite time of the year! I love that the world is celebrating Jesus' birth without even realizing it. I love that it is a time where we are worshipping Christ and His birth. I also love Christmas traditions---like time with family, the Christmas tree and pulling out my decorations. 

One of my favorite parts is bringing out all of our Christmas ornaments and thinking about who gave them to us and what they mean to us. This year as I pulled out the ornaments, I took some pictures of my favorite ones to share with all of you!

This is a new one this year. Ryan's parents bought it for Scout....I love it!

This is our wedding one....I think it is so cute! (Excuse my fingers :))

This one has a match and one of my sweet friends, Mary, gave them to me one year for Christmas

This really is my all-time favorite. The first ornament Ryan ever gave me from Asheville, NC. It is hand-blown glass and so beautiful. He acted like I was picking it out for him to give my mom for Christmas and then he gave it to me.

This one is from our friends, Holly and Ben. Ben is in dental school and this is actually made from a mold of his teeth. He made the mold and then painted it for an ornament!

The front of the teeth :)

This is from the Reese family tradition. When the Reese boys were little, every Christmas Mr. Mike would read the ornament which tells the entire tale of "The Night Before Christmas". Last year, they gave us each an ornament so we could start the tradition with our own families.

This is from my sweet friend, Marion. She made this for us and gave it to me at a Christmas shower. This picture is actually from when we got engaged!

This is from my old babysitter, Samantha.

This is one my mom gave me when I was in college. They pick on me because they say I am always reading something and she found this angel ornament that she thought was perfect for me.

This is from my friend, Amber. She made it for us last year.

The first year we were married, Ryan knew how much I loved ornaments and Christmas decorations. He had to go out of town on a trip and came back with some decorations and ornaments and a tree skirt for me. This is one of the ornaments and it always makes me smile.

Hope you weren't too bored by my trip down memory lane. Hope you are having fun decorating and celebrating this year! Merry Christmas!

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