Today, I'm linking up with Faith and Kelly to show you our annual Christmas card. I love so many things about this holiday season. But Christmas cards? They top my list. Checking the mail in December is sheer joy as the snail mail creeps in and we receive Christmas wishes from our friends and family all over. I do need to tell you that this was almost the Christmas card that wasn't. I still had my old shipping address listed on the Erin Condren website and I didn't change it when I ordered our holiday cards. Which would be completely fine, except they were delivered to a completely different address than our previous residence. There may or may not have been a tear shed … [Read more...]
how my two-year-old taught me about Christmas
This past weekend we watched another Christmas parade. BK takes it all in, she stands very still (which is extremely unusual) and watches the entire parade. Waving her hand back and forth and shouting "Merry Christmas" as the parade passes. I leaned down to her during a pause in the parade, right after she had gleefully shouted, "Merry Christmas, everybody." I whispered in her ear, "Braylen, do you know when Christmas is?" Thinking I would get her standard, "On Friday," answer. In case you didn't know all good things happen on Friday, or so it seems that way in her little mind. But her answer was much deeper than the norm. She looked at me with such an excitement and said, "Right … [Read more...]
Deck The Halls: 2012 Edition
I'm linking up with Kelly for her Christmas Tour of Homes to show you my Christmas decor for this year. It looks a little different than last year and I'm excited to finally get it on the blog. Last year, as I was packing up my Christmas decor, I remember thinking how nice it would be to unpack it this year in a new home. I didn't realize that it would be somewhat bittersweet this year. I think this house just needs some Christmas memories to make it better. As the decorations went up, everything started to feel just right. We retired the tree we've used since the first year we were married. (Technically, it will be back next year, it's going to be our tree for all of our … [Read more...]