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winter wonderland

sycamore hill lit up:)

i had a rough several weeks surrounding thanksgiving due to some random viral thing that left me, and probably my good doc, puzzled! so anyways - i felt upright enough to venture out for our tree that weekend. we tried to talk the kids into a tree from lowe's - yes, we tried - but nope, they wanted to go to the farm to get one. oddly enough, we just walked their pre-cut trees and grabbed one.

anyways, it is a beautiful tree that took the life of a dear club chair. i remember as an older teen making my mom do theme trees for a few years. i still think that would be fun, but as the kids put up the random collection of ornaments i was touched by the memories hanging on that tree of ours. i never thought of myself as too sentimental, but the memories just struck me this year.

in other winter news: sycamore sledding hill opened up last week. we have had so much fun in our own backyard. the round of rain yesterday cleared our hill, but with the snow currently falling outside we should be back in business soon!



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Anonymous said…
Would love to someday see you new home! Can't believe you live on a farm and get to go sledding and pick your own tree. Reminds me of my childhood, so many fun memories. Have a great Christmas dear friend!
love Brooke
December 20, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Kori said…
The picture of the house looks SO dreamy!!!
January 7, 2011 at 11:41 AM
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