A tree full of memories

I wrote about this Santa on a rocket last year. He is very typical of a 1960's Santa and it was given to me by my parents when I was a little girl. My sister has one just like it.

An ornament I won from Sophie's World recently, it looks so much like the Teng Wang Pavilion in Nanchang. We spent a week in Nanchang when we adopted Grace in 2003.

Another new ornament this year, bought from Pier 1. It's a 'Li Bien' or 'painted inside' ornament that is made in China. When we were there this summer we saw many similar ones(but not quite like this one) in Guangzhou.

Little Grace at age 2 in a frame, we used this picture in our Christmas card 4 years ago.

A Chinese Lantern which is new and William's 'Forever Family 2008' ornament.

Our Christmas tree is really a history of our life, our marriage, places where we've lived, visited, our children growing up and handmade ornaments. Evidently I've been a good little girl this year because Santa dropped off an early gift for me of a new camera. In my spare time (which I don't have much of right now), I've been practicing a bit, and took some pictures of favorite ornaments on our tree. I was also able to take a few of our Christmas angel in her dress right before we left for her school pageant on Friday. I'm new to this DSLR and a novice so the learning curve is steep. Subjects like ornaments and a serene sitting Grace are okay for me to photograph, it's the continuous moving target( William )that will be harder for me.