Us...at Christmas

we let jesus photo bomb our photo

i adore him

laughter keeps us together

serious

unserious [i have no idea what was happening here]

Pictures with Santa

I usually laugh at the people who wait till the last minute and wait in those long lines right before Christmas to see Santa. Well---the joke was on me this year. We went on December 23rd and waited an hour.

It could have been worse.

Won't do that again next year.

At least kids liked it.

Well, Moses wasn't quite sure what to think.

At least he didn't cry.

Our Christmas Card

Thankful Thursday Top Ten #73

Thankful This Week For...

1. Christmas stories.

2. Not feeling guilty about buying lots of unhealthy sugary products this time of year "for the kids"

3. Music man. AKA my husband...who plays the piano from when kids are in bed till we go to bed

4. A cleaned out car.

5. A cleaned out garage.

6. Taking Nation to see The Nutcracker at The Fox

7. Christmas party with small group, Christmas party with girlfriends & Christmas party for the kiddos

8. Michael Buble's Christmas CD

9. Hearing Rita Springer sing live

10. Amazon & two day shipping for this last minute shopper [ha]

What are you thankful for? Link up below.

Christmas Decor

before i changed my stockings because couldn't find moses a matching one

pottery barn kids clearance stockings

p.s. i bought two more for boys and two more for girls [ha ha, we'll see]

tree during day and night 

i spy me

i reframed our last 6 christmas cards, missing only one of our first year married together [still...must...find]

2006 & 2007   2008 & 2009   2010 & 2011

we three kings card for my three kings from a dear friend in ireland

i thought the "balls" might be an issue with the boys, but to my surprise they weren't

garden ridge & glory haus

this along with most of my decor came from target

merry christmas charles

it was quite the hit at all the parties

two of my pinterest creations [we made several! yay pinterest!]

advent & a few of the crafts we did & our christmas books

lots of yankee candles in the house

more target

flowers from costco...told charles to keep them coming all season...red & green were so pretty!

$1 towels from target on left

Charles decorated the 10 window of our house with wreaths,
but I didn't think a picture of my house was a very safe idea, but you get the idea!

Like the Fall, it was super fun to decorate a house for the first time [in all 7 of our Christmas]. Thought I'd photograph all this before I took it all down. The very unfun part.

8th Annual Gals Christmas Party

about half the ladies [i was terrible about taking photos that night]

lots more of this unhealthy goodness that night

fyi target carries this "middle sister" line of wine. i likes.

buttons & rick rack galore

we were making these coffee sleeves [they turned out awesome, should have taken photos!]

a few baby bellies

my red sweater that needs a photo friend cassie and i

also not featured---eight of us staying up till after midnight playing the card game nerts. good times.

oh, and me drinking 6 different drinks in a row:

coke

red wine

white white

hot chocolate

egg nog

chai

then the caffeine and relaxing matched up and i fell asleep.

C is for Cow

C is for Cow
God's Word helps me grow.

1 Peter 2:2,3

Crafts from Pinterest about Cows

Took a field trip to the Children's Museum of Atlanta to the cow exhibit. Nation milked a pretend cow.

Books we read:

1. The Milk Makers by Gibbons

2. Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You by Dr. Seuss

3. The Family Cow Handbook: A Guide to Keeping a Milk by Hasheider

4. Cows Can't Jump by Reisman