Finally putting away Christmas

I have been trying to put away Christmas for quite some time now.  Andrew insists it wait until January 6.  Unfortunately the first week of the year is the craziest week for me between year-end at church and progress reports at school.  We finally hit January 6th on Friday, but I still had a crazy amount of work to do.  Finally on Sunday afternoon I was able to get started, but then I spent the evening at church after Andrew returned from taking Thomas to school.  I then spent Monday and Tuesday evenings at church as well, and yesterday I worked on church things after getting off work (late) at school and then headed to church again.  Last evening Andrew and I decided to relax and just enjoy an evening together.  So today, I finally get to work on the trees...and I'm hoping to have things done by Sunday.  Isn't this ridiculous?!

I'm enjoying putting things away though as it gives me another chance to cherish the memories.  Our tree is full of them and I'm grateful.  I can't help but think though, that in a few years the kids will take their ornaments, and our tree will seem so empty.  I also love the decorations that we've purchased, especially lately, and I love the decorations that were made from family members.  I'd love to get my house put back together, but I'm so grateful for the time to remember.