The Annual Hallmark Christmas Ornaments 2008

Well, for those of you who have followed my blog for over two years you know by now that this was not a typical Christmas for us. First of all, we did not decorate at all this year. We had a wedding Thanksgiving weekend which is the weekend we normally do all of our decorating. The following week we were in Kansas City. The next weekend we had another wedding. So, at that point we decided we weren't going to decorate at all because we were also leaving the 26th to go back to Kansas City for IHOP KC's One Thing Conference.

Normally, I pass out the kids Hallmark Ornaments and give them their new ornaments on the Saturday after Thanksgiving but since that didn't work out I gave them their ornaments Christmas morning. This Christmas we were happy to have Alexia's fiance Matt with us. I did feel bad because we didn't even have a tree up but he was kind enough to understand.

Jordan's ornament this year was a choir singing. I gave him this one because I really think 2009 for him is going to be a year where he is going to get more secure with his voice and start using it in the IHOP Prayer Room.

For Alexia, I normally do not doing a "character" ornaments but this year as I was looking through all the ornaments I came across the Cinderella and her Prince Ornament. I loved it because the prince had brown hair and Cinderella blond. It was just perfect especially since they got engaged before Christmas.They are very much in love! I was just mentioning to someone how exciting it is to see the person you have prayed for since the day Alexia was born. To finally see her future spouse in the flesh is just amazing and he is perfect for her! Taylor's ornment is a snowman who is on his cellphone with a up of coffee. This ornament so fits Taylor perfectly. His cellphone is permanently attached to his ear or at least we think it is :-)Landon's ornament, is the manger scene. Landon has such a sweet spirit and loves the Lord so much. The Lord has been doing awesome things with him this year and I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for him. (I also forgot to take a closeup of his so I will when I get back home)Sierra is such a fun loving girl! Everyday after school she plays outside with her friend Braxton. When I saw this ornament I immediately knew this was hers. We didn't even take them out of their boxes but they will be all ready for next year!