Friday was Chu-Wan’s and my 10th wedding anniversary. During our marriage, we’ve been planting trees.
Out first Xmas was spent in Singapore on our honeymoon, so we weren’t at home.
On our second Xmas we got a live Xmas tree and when Xmas was over, we planted it in the back yard. It’s now over 15 feet high.
When Michelle was born in 2002, we planted a ficus tree in the front yard. On her first Xmas, we again planted our Xmas tree in the back.
Similarly, with James we followed the same pattern, ficus in front, pine tree in back. Unfortunately, neither of those trees made it. The pine tree failed to take root and the ficus was too young when a record-breaking cold spell hit Phoenix.
On James’ second Xmas we planted another pine tree which is going fine.
This year we decided to try something different. Indoors we purchased a cool, but totally artificial, fiber optic tree, but outside, rather than waiting until after Xmas, we’ve planted a new, larger pine tree. And for the first time we’ve decorated tree with lights.
Provided the weather cooperates with us, this will be our display tree for years to come.
