Saturday, December 13, 2008

Our Ornaments

When Brent and I married, we decided that we would collect a special ornament every year of our marriage. Now, after 9 1/2 years of marriage, we have 10 unique ornaments that represent the years. Here they are:

1999 - Our first Christmas - We actually received this ornament as a wedding present.
2000 - Dad and Sherry went to Israel that year, and brought this ornament home for us.

2001 - Brent thinks this is the lamest one, because it doesn't represent anything about that particular year, but I think it's cute. I guess we refined our selection process as the years went on, and now all of the ornaments are symbolic of something about the year.

2002 - This was the year that we bought our first house, the one we are still in (though we can't wait for the house we are building to be complete). We decided to get an ornament of a house to commemorate the year.

2003 - We went to Disneyland. It was a great trip...we went out to California to visit Ursula - had a great time, and spent 3 days at Disneyland.

2004 - We had so much fun the year before at Disneyland, we decided to make a trip to Disney World. Had so much fun, and decided we really love Disney!

2005 - We went to Boston with Toby and Karla. It was a great trip, and the first time Brent and I had been back, since we moved home from Rhode Island. For those of you who have not been, Boston is famous for their swan boats on the pond in the Boston Common.

2006 - After Brent finished the bar exam, we decided we needed a serious vacation, so we took off on a two week roadtrip. One of the last stops on our trip was Seattle, where we picked this ornament up.

2007 - As you should know, 2007 was Oklahoma's centennial. As proud Oklahomans, we had to get an Oklahoma ornament.

2008 - With our trip to London this year, we picked up this cute little ornament of a British taxi.

And hopefully, we have many fun ornaments to pick out in the years to come.

1 comment:

Kari said...

So fun! I love all the ornaments. I think my favorite is the British taxi. You all have been on lots of fun trips.