It's Beninning to Look A lot Like Christmas

Happy December!  It took me longer to get in the Christmas spirit this year than usual.  (Usually November, I'm itching to put out decorations.)  I purchased the Lauren Daigle Christmas CD on iTunes in mid November and that's when I finally felt ready to kick off the holiday season!  Btw, it's a great CD if you're looking to add one to your Christmas music collection!

Since then, I've taken pictures for Christmas cards, ordered & addressed Christmas cards, decorated the house, found some new recipes I want to try, shopped online for gifts, and bought wrapping paper!  I'm certain this really is the best time of the year!  Hope you're enjoying it too!

Here's a look at some of my decorations.  I'm 100% sure less is more... and all of our decorations fit in 3 plastic tubs.  Easy set up, easy take down.  (I haven't put out my Christmas ornaments in years, and will probably wait another year - maybe two - before I get them out.  They are all in a container too, so technically we have more than 3 tubs!)  Also 95% of my decorations are kid friendly - so all the kids helped me decorate and I didn't have to worry about them breaking anything!

One of my favorite nativity sets!  Baby Jesus has been man handled a lot this year by Austin :)

I'm so thankful we have a mantle!  It's one of my favorite things to decorate!

The cutest pair of deer!

I've always adored Annalee cats and the Christmas ones are my favorite!  I've got a little collection I put on top of my china cabinet!  (Along with some really cute trees I got from the Christmas store in Santa Claus!)

Our bear gets a Santa hat.

Hello Beautiful!  Our tree!  The girls and I picked it out the day after Thanksgiving (and got a Starbucks).  We got it from the Boy Scouts and I was really impressed with the service!  It's a Frasier Fir and it's probably the most beautiful tree we've ever had!