Christmas Home Tour 2019

Christmas Kitchen

Snow Day

Is there anything better than an unexpected day off before Christmas. I for one, love that 5:00am phone call. I took these photos just as it started snowing. It's going to snow all day and we're expecting 

up to 6 inches. Brian and I spent the morning finishing up our outdoor decor. With the exception of the window boxes, the outside has been decorated for weeks, but it's always fun to tweak it a little.

25 New Christmas Traditions for Empty Nesters (and Everyone Else Too)

This is Brian and my second year as 

semi empty-nesters. 

Sunset at our home in New Hampshire

Decorating for Winter

Happy New Year friends! It has been months since I last blogged here. I have been spending a lot of time over on Instagram where I share daily. I need to add the IG link to my blog, but I need to figure out how to do that. If you want to find me there, look for @thelongawaitedhome. 

Christmas 2016 Remembered ~ Part I

Who doesn't want to read a Christmas post in February?

Since I didn't blog at all during Christmas, I thought I would add a few a ton of holiday photos just in case any of you wanted to see them, or at least so I would have them to remember Christmas this past year.

Here are the pups.  They are really in their element (and most photogenic) at Christmastime.

Rey & Harley Quinn

Christmas Home Tour 2015

~ All hearts come home for Christmas ~

Marjorie Holmes

Sneak Peek at Our Rustic Christmas Home 2015

Welcome to a little sneak peek into our 

~Christmas Home 2015~

It's a little bit country
And it's a little rustic rock n' roll
It's a little bit of cottage and farmhouse
With a little bit of Sweden in its soul
I don't know if it's good or bad
But I know I love it so...

Gingerbread House aka Pretzel Log Cabin

I found the idea for this pretzel log cabin here -
http://www.worthpinning.com/2012/12/decorated-pretzel-cabins.html


When it Snows, Ain't it Thrilling

Christmas in the Family Room

I would have to say that our family room is the

 brightest room in our home...

which is weird because it is on the shady side of the house -

the only room without a window on the sunny side.

I snapped this photo during the single moment the sun peeked

through the clouds.

Christmas Living Room

Here is the Long Awaited Home's Christmas living room.

I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.

Christmas Dining Room

This is the second room on The Long Awaited Home's 

Christmas tour.

Welcome to our dining room.

Christmas in the Kitchen

http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2013/12/show-us-your-holiday-home-linky-party.html

I have finally got some Christmas decorating photos ready.

It has been a while since we had a sunny day on the weekend,

and during the week it is now dark most days when I get home.

Getting photos for my blog is just not easy to do in the winter,

but I managed to get a few (or a ton) on a slightly overcast day

with a few peeks of sun.

Here is my Christmas kitchen...

Holidays & Hurting Hearts

Home.  

One of my favorite words. 

 Is there any place I would rather be? 

God has given our family this wonderful home.

Good-bye Christmas 2012

Hello again blog.

Somehow, I took an unplanned break.

  

No, nothing really broke,

I just got busy...

doing nothing.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. 

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.

 

PALLET CHRISTMAS SIGN

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

THE LONG AWAITED HOME CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR

 

 Welcome to my home!