Festival of Trees

Festival of Trees looked a little different for our group this year. It’s the 10th anniversary of my sweet niece’s passing and doing a tree in her honor. Because of “scheduling conflicts” we decided to decorate the tree at my sister Rachelle’s house last Sunday with plans to transport the tree to the expo center today.

We showed up and surprised Rachelle with decorations to recreate our first tree. Our first tree was a very special and sentimental tree and it was Rachelle’s favorite of all the trees we’ve done.

After we finished decorating the tree we surprised Sean and Rachelle with gifting them the tree rather than donating the tree to the festival. They now get to have a beautiful tree decorated in honor of their angel Samantha. It’s all wired together so they can store it and enjoy it for many years to come.

We’ve loved the tradition of doing the Festival of Trees every year. It’s become a very special and sacred experience and we love keeping the memories of Sammie alive and sharing them with others this way.