Christmas Ornaments #2 & #3

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The next two ornaments are self explanatory.
You can't read it very well because apparently pewter, Christmas lights and automatic flash don't work well together.

It says:

Our First Christmas
Patrick & Laura Fuller
12-25-2000

This will be our tenth Christmas together!! Every one has been special, wonderful, and memories have been made every single year.

The next is an ornament from the gift shop of the resort where we spent our Honeymoon.


This really began a tradition that we could not have imagined at that time. Whenever we travel somewhere we have never been, we try to purchase an ornament to help us remember that city or place. We are getting close to A BUNCH of ornaments from places we have visited.

Let's see if I can list the memory from every year.

2000-Our first Christmas together.

2001-We spent Christmas in Florida with my family. We were getting ready to move to our first place of ministry together.

2002-I was expecting Luke and we made it as special as we could knowing that this would be our last Christmas with just the two of us.

2003-Luke's first Christmas. We spent Christmas in Florida with my family.

2004-Anna Brooke's first Christmas. We stayed home all day and she slept ALL DAY!

2005-We spent Christmas in Florida for the last time and announced Sarah's Belle's presence among us. I thought we were going to have to call the paramedics to revive my Mother and Sister at The Olive Garden!

2006-Sarah Belle's first Christmas. Our first Christmas in Greensboro.

2007-Paul's first Christmas. This is the year of the now famous Christmas card with the little Fullers dressed and posing as if they were Joseph, Mary, an angel and Baby Jesus.

2008-All the little Fullers received either a bicycle or tricycle from Santa.

2009-Memories in the making!!

What is your favorite Christmas memory?

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