The Festival of Love....

We try to support the Festival of Trees every year,

 even if its just to buy a ticket

and walk down aisles of love, tears and memories.

There were over 700 trees, wreaths,

 gingerbread houses, treats and quilts

for sale to help raise money for The Primary Children's hospital.

100% of the money goes to the center for children.

Since 1971 they have raised over 29 million dollars.

This year Marci, me and the kids went to find our favorite tree.

Dakota liked this tree which also had her name on the display..

Dakota Avenue. Kinda sweet don't you think? 

Dakota is into books..She reads allllllll the time.

So this tree caught her eye for sure.

 The whimsical side of  KoKo is her love of monkeys.

Yep this tree was for her!

Emma loved this tree with all sorts of art supplies.

 Very creative indeed

just like Emma.

And....she had to take her picture at the angel tree.

 Emma and I held hands throughout the festival. We both got

teary a few times of the trees dedicated to loved ones. This was such a tree.

Colin is a boy, is a boy, is a boy and loves sports!

so this tree called his name.

 more sports.

And when he isn't in a jersey, hes playing pirates, and drawing ships.

Gotta love this tree.

Camri is about dolls, and princesses.

 She saw this tree and was giddy with excitement.

 ok..".this is the one Grandma.
 This is my favorite with all the

dolls".

Beau's cheeks turned bright red,

 and it was "mom, look, mom look!!!!!"

every second.

He loved every one of them.

My son works for Struck Axiom and their company bought 2 trees.

This is one of them. A tree made out of tires, called the motorcycle tree.

The other tree was a Believe tree called Grace.

 My picture was blurry, but it was gorgeous.

 This was one of my favorites...

The super hero tree got every ones attention!!!

 We saw some unusual items too!

The chest of Who.

The "UP" gingerbread house

  Marci and the kiddos

 Grandma and her treasures.

This is a holiday tradition, with a great purpose

 and begins the Christmas season

with gratitude and love, and an opportunity to give back.

We stopped for ice cream sundays on the way home.

Isn't life SWEET?