Christmas Tour of Homes

I'm excited to be participating in the Christmas Tour of Homes with The Nester!

One of my favorite hobbies is most definitely decorating! Although I love to decorate at just about any time, Christmas time is my favorite! I wish it was acceptable to keep your tree up all year long! Anyways, here are some snapshots of my holiday decorations!

The Stockings Were Hung.... We don't have a mantle so we make do with this little shelf!

I love having my cinnamon scented pine cones in my kitchen! Smells so delicious!

A fun place to put all of those great Christmas cards I receive!

Snowmen

I call this tree the "Believe in the Magic of Christmas Tree" My tree is an array of snowmen, Santa Claus, other whimsical ornaments. It has an almost rustic feel, except for my flashy Martha Stewart glitter bulbs! I love everything about this tree!

Here is a close up

This is Tree #2 - It is basically silvery gold. I need to get some more sparkly ornaments for this one, I'm still working on it!

Calie took the pups to get their picture with Santa a few years back, so we have that displayed here in the kitchen!

The Front Door - My first fresh wreath! It had to stay outside because I actually can't stand the smell of pine...but I think it looks great!

This is right as you walk in the front door. I've found so many fun things to do with these little Christmas bulbs I bought for $1 at Walmart!

This is the table in my entry way. This has been redecorated several times. I'm still not sure if it is quite right.

Well there you go! I hope everyone enjoys this little peek into my home! I hope to get more ideas from everyone that is participating!

What to post...what to post...

So I'm having trouble finding anything exciting, and post worthy going on in my life right now! I have no fun news, or even bad news to share! I've been working like crazy because the secretary at my office went home for the summer, and two weeks later we had major layoffs at my office and they let my receptionist go. So right now I am playing paralegal, secretary and receptionist while we regroup! UGH...not fun, but I just keep thinking at least I didn't get laid off, at least I still have my job!

For this and many other reasons I am so glad it is almost summer. Summer is always more exciting around here! The sunshine just makes life happier! We have several trips planned already, a couple to our favorite places on earth, Lake Powell and Boulder Mountain, and hopefully many more! I am so excited!

So, for lack of anything else to post, I guess I will tell you about the boring things I've been up to! I guess I will want a journaling of the boring things too :)

I have been slowly learning how to sew. I have now accomplished the baby blankets, aprons, fun fabric flowers to embellish, and I also created a fun little flat iron travel pouch! Its insulated so it doesn't singe your clothes when you throw it in your bag!

I finally got around to hanging up all of my stuff in my bedroom that I have been collecting over the past 4 years...I was waiting until I painted, but I decided that I could hang and then if I decided to paint, I can just re-hang after!


I also got to go see my sweet little nieces in their first ever dance recital. This was a very proud moment for me, as I hope they grow to love dance as much as I do! They are both naturals! I was quite surprised by Saige because whenever you ask her to dance she gets all nervous, I thought for sure she would freak out up on stage in front of all those people, but it was the exact opposite! Cierra on the other hand loves to show you her moves, and definitely shines up on the stage! Here are my two favorite numbers!

Then the next day I got to go to Saige's preschool graduation! I can't believe she is going to be in Kindergarten next year! Time flies so fast. She is such a doll, and is so smart! She is one of the few in her class that passed off their sign language!

Afterwards we played at the park and isn't this little guy so freaking handsome! I love him!

The graduate

Cruising in the Barbie Jeep

Enjoying the view...

It has been a really long week and its snowing outside, so this is what I want to do all weekend....veg on the couch watching me some TV, cuddling with the bubbies, and enjoying the Christmas tree!