Holi-daze It’s my favorite time of year. Celebrating the birth of Jesus and an excuse to spend time with family! But let’s face it, sometimes the Holiday craze can be too much. My daughter loves the Llama Llama series by Anna Dewdney (and so do […]
Giving Recently, I joined an ornament swap over at The Enchanting Rose. Stephanie has been hosting a Tea Cup Swap every year and I have been dying to participate but have yet to sign up. A few weeks ago I decided on a […]
It’s Wonderful… We had a wonderful weekend with family celebrating all of our blessings from God. After the food and fun, we spend a relaxing few days together playing games, watching movies and of course, eating leftover turkey and pie. By day three, hubby […]
It’s Time! Now that Thanksgiving is over, I am finally in the Christmas mode. My hubby has a rule that there is no Christmas music or decor in our home until after Thanksgiving. But sometimes, I play Christmas music when he is not home. […]
Peppermint I have never been a huge fan of peppermint but around the Holidays it can be found in everything from Peppermint drinks, peppermint cookies, peppermint ice cream and wait for it…peppermint donuts. The donuts is taking it a bit far, in my opinion. I […]
Stockings and Santa I thought I would share another Christmas vignette in my house. My MIL gifted me this old world Santa a few years ago. I am not into primitive decor but I absolutely love old world Santa’s. I think it has something […]
My Little Tree I thought I would share my tree since the theme of this post is trees. We got this pretty Balsam Fir the day after Thanksgiving. I wanted to have a full month to enjoy my Christmas decor. Unfortunately, the needles are already […]
Only 25 Days Actually it is 17 days till Christmas but who is counting 😉 To be honest, it doesn’t feel like Christmas. My shopping is done, I am listening to Christmas music and I have done a little baking but the one thing missing […]
Poinsettia’s For Christmas I am not really a fan of poinsettias but maybe that is because growing up our church covered the front with red ones. Church members would donate money to purchase the poinsettias ‘In Memory Of’ and the next Sunday there would be […]
Holly Leaves and Snow Thanksgiving was full of amazing food and conversation. The next day we went to Walmart because we always shop for blu rays when they are on sale. After that, I dug out my Christmas decor and decorated to my hearts content. […]