Glimpses of the Holidays

I can honestly say that I LOVE our tree. 

It's a little wonky, 

we did haul the poor thing all the way from Raleigh, 

and not all the lights work. While I love the look of designer trees, 

the sentiments and stories behind our ornaments really are the best part. 

These are some of my favorites. 

Shiva's first ornament

Eiffel Tower, to remind us of Paris

a wine bottle for our move to California

a Harry Potter snitch and our moving card, tucked in

Wooden shoes for Amsterdam

A 2012 champagne bottle, that I wrote a little reminder on 

a GT jacket & big ben

this year's Hannukah ornament & my mom's snowman

and the resident Destroyer of Trees: Olive