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this train from my childhood tree. It always makes me think of my Uncle Bill. He worked as a brakeman for Burlington Northern for as long as I can remember. I’d wave at every caboose I’d see just in case he was in it! I miss him….he always could make me smile.

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a garland the kids and I made. Ok..I know it’s not really an ornament and it’s not especially pretty but I love it anyway. I have to admit when I decided to do this craft project with them I had no idea how much prep work there would be. I had to dye different kinds of pasta with food coloring then set them aside to dry. Of course, this step took way longer than expected. Truth be told, I was ready to throw the whole project away but the kids were looking forward to it so much that I had to continue. We now have 2 strings of pathetically dyed pasta that grace our tree each year.

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a laser cut stavkirke. I visited a stavkirke in Rapid City, SD several times. It was stunningly beautiful. Of course I may be a bit biased since I’m 100% Norwegian and my dad was a woodworker.

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an early recycling project with a goofy saying. Man alive… I can’t believe I thought that was hysterical 15 yrs ago.

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an ornament I painted in memory of my dog Smokey. He lived 17.5 years. He was given to me but he always loved my mom the most.

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my favorite from my childhood tree!!

I’m not really sure why this was my favorite but in it’s day it was immensely beautiful. I still hold the memory of its glory in my mind so therefor it retains it beauty there.

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a hand-painted Rudolph.

This little guy has such a silly face…he makes me giggle. This was another of my ornaments I made around our first Christmas as a married couple.