It's A Sweet Goodbye

bye-bye sweet tree

Yesterday I removed all the ornaments and lights, and Rhett and I wrapped our 2011 tree in a sheet, hauled her down the stairs, and back to the great outdoors.  Well, out to the sidewalk to wait for the Boy Scouts to come along and pick her up.  It's kind of sad when you put it that way. As I was packing away the ornaments, I spent extra time admiring the new 2011 ornament additions, and snapped some pics to share.

  This one is my very very favorite:

from Rhett to me.

How absolutely darling is that!?
He banked on my saying Yes when he had this made, before the proposal .  :)
Needless to say, this one got a few extra layers of bubble wrap.
I just love it.

from me to Rhett

He's the Ying to my Yang
when I saw this in Maui earlier this year,
 I grabbed it and tucked it away

from me to Tristen

we went to Maui in May.
I love how this ornament has the date we were there on it

from me to T

a surfing Santa.  I couldn't resist.  Another Maui find.

from Rhett to Tristen.

Isn't that cute!!  I love love how it is personalized, with the year.

from my co-worker Sandee

she knows how I love my Starbucks.  :) 

from Heidi

how adorable is that!  I love how it is so sparkly, unique, and the trendy owl!
I have secretly been harboring an obsession with the owl trend.

from Tiff.

Heidi, Tiff and I started a Supper Club earlier this year,
and Tiff found the perfect little ornament in honor.

Tiff is also the reason I actually took the plunge into Blog World!!
I will always owe her for this amazing medium of self expression I have become a part of.

Click here to meet Tiff yourself at her blog: In My Hindsight!

Our 2011 tree will live forever.
I love that we will always have a piece of her.
{the how-to here!}

I'd rather remember her this way.
She was a beauty.
Our 2011 Christmas Tree.

-m-