Thursday, December 27, 2012

CHRISTMAS 2012



 
Christmas morning...
 
 
 
 
 
Because we spent the two weekends before Christmas having our family parties,
we decided to have a quiet Christmas
with just our little family.
 
 
While I was showering,
my family set the table with my gift. 
 
 Dishes and accessories from
Pottery Barn and Target.
 
 
 
 
I washed all the dishes and set the table for breakfast.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We had Overnight Eggnog French Toast.
 
 
Megan
 
 
Daniel
 
 
Nick
 
 
 
Later we had a special Christmas dinner of Filet Mignon, but I didn't take any photos.
 
Then some friends came over and the kids built Gingerbread houses.
 
 
 
We ended the day by doing something I never thought I would do on Christmas -
going to the movies.
 
We saw The Hobbit.
 
I actually enjoyed it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


Wednesday, December 19, 2012

CHRISTMAS PARTIES, CONCERTS, & SNOW

We had my family's Christmas get together this weekend.  The little guy above is my nephew Logan.
He's always on the move, so getting a good photo is not easy.  As you can see, I didn't get one.
 
 
These lovely ladies are my niece Alisha and my daughter Megan. 

Sunday, December 16, 2012

CHRISTMAS SADNESS

Today I host our annual Family Christmas Party.
 
 
 
This year, it will be different.
Our hearts are heavy
and the tears flow
 for the victims of this week's horrible tragedy in Connecticut.
I pray.
But it just doesn't feel like it's enough.
 

Friday, December 14, 2012

PALLET CHRISTMAS SIGN

Using an old pallet, some leftover paint, and some greens I cut, I made a Christmas sign - for $0.



Sunday, December 9, 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012

SIMPLICITY (or My Boring Christmas Mantel)

 
I don't have a real
honest-to-goodness mantel,
 but what I do have is this
 fake fireplace heater thing. 

CHRISTMAS COMES TO THE FAMILY ROOM

 
I have been having a real hard time
 taking Christmas photos of the house.



The days have been gloomy,
and it gets dark so early. 



Tuesday, December 4, 2012

CHRISTMAS SIGN & MORE fOR THE DOOR

 
 Through my incessant blog stalking, I was inspired to make a Christmas sign to go over my front door.
 
Now, there are some pretty good signmakers out there (The House of Belonging for one).
 
I am not one of them.
 
 


Monday, December 3, 2012

MAKING THE MUDROOM MERRY

 
 
I needed something festive to decorate my mudroom.  I wanted to keep it natural, and low cost.  Hey, my mudroom's a real mudroom, muddy, and full of shoes, coats, wood, and mud. 
This ain't your Pinterest mudroom baby.