13 Ornaments on Our Tree

In effort to possibly snag a few more votes for Local Girl's tree decorating contest, and because I think people enjoy looking at other people's ornaments, but might feel awkward staring ...this week's T-13 is a closer look at the Robinson County Christmas tree--13 of my Favorite Ornaments! In no particular order, here they are...





1. Pick-up Truck with a Christmas tree in back.-- This one I bought for Jason, to commemorate the year he started working at Texas Truck Riggins.









2. Crystal Snowflake--This was a gift from Bob & Myrt Davidson. They brought it back from Thailand. I love the way the crystal glistens when it catches the lights on the tree!









3. New Home--Jason's gift to me the year we bought our first house (which we're still living in and loving). I love the little dangling key, and that it has the year on the bottom.









4. Texas Snowman--I found this little guy on a trip to Kema with Karen & Shane. We ate at this fun little hibatchi restaurant , and then went shopping at the strip in Kema. I was overjoyed to find a Christmas Ornament shop...did I mention it was July?








5. Rubber Ducky--newly added this year (thanks, Pat & Andress!) to commemorate Norah's "Ducky Phase".











6. Knit Snowman--this is a bad photo, but this entire snowman is knit (except for the little buttons, obviously). I found him at JoAnn's 75% off---you can't beat that, plus, I learned to knit this year!








7. Hunter Santa--Complete with rifle, camo, and hunting boots. I gave this one to Jason the year he bagged his first deer.










8. Baby Jesus-- One of Norah's favorites. I have an entire felt Nativity set that I hung on the bottom branches of the tree because they're the most baby-friendly. But, Norah keeps going back to baby Jesus. I keep telling her who he is everytime she touches him.







9. Fisherman S'more -- one of the cutest S'more ornaments I'd seen...and Jason is an avid fisherman (when he's not disc golfing or shooting things), so I had to have it. Love his trucker hat and little fishing pole!








10. Lois Nicole Baby Crib- Gramps' 2006 contribution to Norah's ornament collection. It's a mite fancier than Norah's actual crib, but it sure is sweet, and the detail-work is amazing!









11. Tent with campfire-- We bought this one on a year that we did a good bit of camping with friends. Believe it or not, I actually like tent-camping!









12. Golden Aspen Leaf-- A gift from Grant & Paige. I love this ornament because everytime I take it out of the box, it reminds me of all the wonderful "Colorado Christmases" we shared.









13. And what Christmas tree would be complete without the Christmas Pickle!? This was a gift from our friends, Zach & Meg, who had a pickle on their tree. The tradition is to hide the pickle somewhere on the tree on Christmas Eve, then the first person to spot it Christmas morning gets to open the first gift (and they get ot hide the pickle the next year!) Now you wish you had one too, right?