a lil holly jolly...

{the mantle}

{felt trees --totally copied anthro!-- and meryls stocking i made last year}

{our mini-tree... this year we went for a four-footer. it's perfect with a little gal who likes to grab ornaments. it's a fresh cypress sitting on a table, we only used our non-breakable ornaments this yr.}

{and the wrapping...and paperwhites-thanks to my lovely mama!}

christmas decs

this morning as i was thumbing thru my new christmas living etc. mag...

i'm really loving this song.

also ash pointed us here-a really great article on advent by rob bell.

so here in the b house, we are cleaning out still and trying to keep things simple and in perspective. got the tree up and had a lovely evening of getting our decs up and feasting on some yummy appetizers with my sweet fam...

hope everyone is having a lovely week.

{our christmas decs to come later this wk...}

christmas card mode

i hope everyone had a really great thanksgiving. we had a great time in the LBK with my fam. lots of catching up and eating going on there. we made it to meryl's first tech game--fun and freezing at the same time! Got to take some fun family pics with this sweet gal. It was so much fun. we had a really great time with my fam, i'm super blessed-to say the least. Even did some crafting with my sweet momma and sis. Ash is making this super cool wreath so we worked on the little roved pom balls. OH, and I really wanna make this.

So, all this to say Thanksgiving was great, and the Christmas season is here. (wahooo we chopped down our tree last night!) We are in Christmas card mode (and baby announcement mode too!). So please let us know asap if you'd like to order Christmas cards! I'm going to stop taking orders early next week-we are just about maxed out! So just a few recent invites, some I may have posted-some maybe not.

yeah :) excited about this cozy party for my sweet friends this weekend ;) will post more next week about this super fun partay!

happy thursday everyone!