The Yearly Ornaments

Every year the kids get a new ornament that best represents their big milestone.
Alynna: frilly unicorn for the love of girly things 

Nathan: poor little guy was originally bought a shoe kicking a soccer ball. Within days the baby had grabbed it and smashed it to smithereens. Nathan was in tears. One night Brad took him to Target to get a replacement and, of course, there were no more soccer ornaments. Brad convinced him to buy this cool lobster. Within hours of it being on the tree the legs had broken and the eye for a hook had broken. I did my best to glue it back together and place it gently on the tree branches. Then a huge salt-dough ornament he made last year broke. That was it. The little boy was found in his bed crying (his new hobby) about all his ornaments that had broken. Next thing you know he'll be standing at the edge of his bed with a bloody lip, a family that's praying for him, and an angel named Clarence sent to help him see life in a different view. 

Simon's this year was super easy. The duck represents the baby of the family. Simon's first Christmas.

Kaeley's was a beautiful cross, because this year she was baptized. When she saw the ornament for the first time she gasped and just melted. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. We don't get out much. Just kidding! It's right up her ally.