Every year in our family, we purchase Christmas decorations that represent special moments in our family. It is a tradition that Melissa and I began the year that we were married in 2004 and has continued to this day.
Here are a collection of pictures of the decorations (with a few that pre-date 2004).
Melissa gave this to Peter in 2007. It plays music.
We got this for the Aiden in 2009.
We got this in 2013 to remember our trip to Disney World.
Sandra got this for us in 2005ish
This was given to Aiden by us in 2014.
Megan made this for Melissa in 2009ish
Peter got this for Melissa in 2004 to remember our first Christmas as a married couple.
Melissa got this for Peter in 2008. It has pictures that flash on the screen
We got this for Abby in 2008.
I gave this to the family in 2013 to remember our trip to Disney World
Christmas Pickle given to family by Megan in 2014.
Holly gave this to Melissa around 2009ish.
Peter gave this to Melissa in 2006, her first Christmas with Abby.
Abby made this Grade 3 (2014)
Auntie Cathy gave us this Christmas key in 2009.
Melissa got this to remember our trip to the Dinosaur exhibit at the ROM in 2012.
Peter gave this to Melissa the first year we were married.
Melissa gave this to Peter in his first year of teaching (2003).
Sandra got this for Melissa in 2000
We got this for Aiden for his first Christmas in 2008
Jackie gave this Melissa. Year Unknown.
Abby made this in 2015
Melissa got this for Peter to remember our first Christmas on Zenith.
Aiden made this in Grade 1 (2015)
Aiden made this in Grade 1 (2014)
This is attached to the Christmas Key that Auntie Cathy gave us in 2009.
We got this to remember our trip to Quebec City in 2015.
Holly got this for Peter in 2011ish.
Uncle Shawn and Auntie Megan gave this Aiden in 2015 to celebrate Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Brought back from Guatemala 2015
Melissa bought this for me around 2010ish. We have written some of our wishes inside of it each year.
Aiden made this in SK in 2013.
Abby got this from St. John Church when she played an angel in 2009 or 2010.
We gave it to the kids to remember our trip to Disney World in 2013.
Decoration given to Abby by Macklan in 2015
We gave this to Abby in 2014.
Melissa got this for Peter in 2006. There is a note inside the lunchbox.
We got this during Miller Gift Exchange of 2013. This was the only time we did the gift exchange 🙂
Macklan made this for the kids in 2014. Love It!!!!
Yoda (2015 Star Wars Movie)
Melissa gave this to the family in 2014
Melissa got this to remember Grandma Grace’s passing. It symbolizes: “In the Stone of Turtle Island quietly await messages from those who have gone before us.
Christmas Decorations given Aiden by Macklan in 2015
Auntie Megan and Uncle Shawn gave this to Abby in 2015.
Aiden made this in JK in 2012
Auntie Cathy gave us this Christmas key in 2009.
We gave this to Aiden 2011ish
We got this to remember our trip to the Citadel in Quebec City in 2015.
Melissa got this for Peter in 2012.
Aiden made this in Grade 1 (2014)
We gave this to Abby on her first Christmas
Blizzard gave this to the kids in 2015.
We got this to remember our trip to Jamaica in 2010.
Mama & Papa gave this to Abby in 2014.
We got this for Abby in 2015 to remember our trip to se Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Boxing Day.
Melissa and I bought this to remember our trip to Jamaica in 2010
Megan gave this to Melissa in 2014.
We gave this to Abby in 2008.
Jackie gave this to Melissa in 2015
Aiden made this in 2013.
Jackie gave us these personalized decorations in 2015.
Peter got this for Melissa to remember our trip to Disney World in 2013.
Abby made this in Grade 1 (2012).
We got this for Abby in 2009.
We got this for Aiden in 2011ish. The calendar talks to him when he changes the day.
Melissa bought this Irish Angel for the family in 2013ish.
Peter got this Melissa the year Aiden was born (2008)
Aiden made this in Grade 1 (2014)
We gave this to Abby in 2011ish.
Aiden made this in daycare.
This decoration was given to Peter by a student in 2011ish
We got Mo-Mo for Abby in 2007.
Melissa gave this to Peter to celebrate our wedding in 2004.
Melissa got this for me in 2005 to commemorate the killing of my first Buck!
Sandra got this for Melissa in the early 2000s.
Aiden made this in daycare
Aiden made this in Kindergarten or Gr. 1.
Aiden made this in JK. (2012)
Megan gave this to Peter in 2014
This was given to Peter by Melissa in 2014.
Abby made this in JK in 2010
Peter gave this to Melissa on the first year we had Marley & Lindy (2015)
Blizzard got this for Abby & Aiden in 2014
Mama and Papa got this for Abby on her first Christmas.
Sandra bought this for us the year we got married (2004).
We got this for Aiden in 2015 to remember our trip to se Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Boxing Day.
Ssndra gave this to Melissa the first year she worked for her in the restaurant.
Melissa gave me the Polar Express bell in 2015
Peter got this from one of his students in one of the first years he was teaching.
Ava gave this to Abby on her first Christmas in 2006.
Abby made this in SK (2011)
A student gave this to Peter in 2015
Sandra got this for Melissa in 2000
From 2016 Marten River Winter Fest
Given to Melissa by Sandra pre-2000
Peter got this for Melissa in 2014 to remember the injury to her arm.
Auntie Cathy gave us this Christmas key in 2009.
The Cain Family 