Sunday, December 14, 2008

2008 CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES

Welcome to the 2008 Christmas Tour of Homes, hosted by BooMama and HookedOnHouses so grab your coffee keep your PJ's on and enjoy!





This is our Home






The entrance


Brady and Chrissy




The wreath on the front door




This is the top of the front door that my good friend Melissa did, she is so talented




The front porch that I just love to sit on and listen to music, the dancing Santa will scare you to death if you aren't expecting it.




A close up of the garland





A close up of the wreaths that I did in the rain at midnight one night on 24 windows





A few goodies I got for my birthday this year from my MIL







My newest addition to my Christmas collection, I just love it.







Collection of Carolers that great you when you enter the front door, my MIL started these for me









One of my favorite pictures of Brady with Santa






A Mark Roberts fairy that is in our master bedroom






A hand painted pillow that I got last year for my master bedroom that I just love







A few little trees in the master bedroom I never had time to get the big tree up this year just to much to do






A wreath in the upstairs hall








A Santa tassel on the front door






Some angels I got a few years back and still just love






Another Mark Roberts fairy peaking from the tree in Mikees office





Christmas pillow in Mikees office that I just love, it is the true meaning of Christmas












Even my car gets decorated





A few of my Radko globes Mikee has given me over the years


I never can find a Christmas flag that I love they are all to busy with what I have going on until I found this one and I just love it

Mikee's office, excuse the serving pieces on his desk we were sitting up for a party and this is where the shrimp and grits were going to be served





This is my nativity set that my Aunt and Uncle gave me about 5 years ago and I wouldn't take anything for it, above it is a wreath full of oranges, feathers, berries, bird and other nature things

This is the dinning room the flowers had just been delivered for the party, they have some beautiful feathers stuck in there I am going to try to have a artificial arrangement made that looks like this to use





A favorite container in the dinning room



The baby tree in the laundry room



Our Christmas countdown as Brady calls it



The fresh wreath at the back door that I made







Our nature tree in the kitchen




Breakfast room




Kitchen






Cute frame a girlfriend gave me last year for Christmas






The kitchen Christmas rug I found this year at the Junior League Holiday Market


When my Dad passed away my best friend Kelly gave me this cute container with a orchid in one side and a little fern in the other so I switched out the fern with the poinsettia below for the holidays



This is our real tree in our family room. It is full of colored lights and ornaments that are very dear to me. Radko ornaments, special ones Brady has made over the years, if you look close enough you can see our Christmas pickle that we hide and if you find it you get to open the first gift on Christmas Eve! Also if you look in the to the lower right you will see a stain glass manger seen that I got the other day at the Christmas luncheon I hosted during our ornament exchange.


This is the star that Brady puts on top of our tree every year except this year he wasn't home and I went ahead and did it and boy was he mad.



One of my favorite ornaments Brady made at St Andrews Preschool




The staircase with my Mark Roberts.




A close up of Father Time Mark Roberts fairy

Just a little pillow I have had for a long time.







A little color for the guest in the guest bedroom



The wreath on the door to Lilly Rae's room



The Hope Mark Roberts fairy in Lilly Rae's room



The trees on top of Lilly Rae's changing station, she has a big tree but since I moved I can not find her decorations for it, I am so afraid they got thrown out.




Bradys Christmas palm tree in his room with the Grinch and Frosty below. I love the pillow my cousin gave him last year in the chair it says "Dear Santa, I can explain...."



Our Elf on the shelf that we have had for a few years and let me tell you he does the trick this time of year, the little tree Brady made last year at 4H club event


This is a little snow globe in Bradys room on his bedside, I love the fact that he still makes Legos and puts them up in his room




This is in Brady and Lilly Raes bathroom, just a little Christmas fun





We always decorate the mirror in their bathroom for all holidays this year this is what he picked out for it








I hope you have enjoyed the tour and MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all from OUR HOME TO YOURS!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

WE HAVE A WISE MAN

We had our Christmas Pageant this past Wednesday at church and Brady was a Wise man this year. I so enjoy this program every year it just melts my heart to see all the children in it. This year we especially got tickled at this one little girl who was a Angel and was making sure her parents saw her by waving every minute, just precious!!

Friday, December 12, 2008

CHRISTMAS QUIZ


1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both, but mostly wrapping paper unless I am in a rush at the end.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Our family tree is real and we pick it out together as a family every year the day after Thanksgiving. I have 5 other trees that are artificial throughout the house.
3. When do you put up the tree? The day after Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? Before New Years
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? My kitchen set
7. Hardest person to buy for? My husband and MIL
8. Easiest person to buy for? Brady
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, its one that my Aunt Joan and Uncle Ray gave me about 5 years ago and I wouldn't take anything for it.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail. Christmas cards are my favorite!! I have a folder that I put each child's family Christmas card in and I plan on giving them back to them when they get married so they have all those years to look at. I can't take credit for this idea I got it from a good friend of mine Carol.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? It's the thought that counts.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Elf for sure
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? All year but mostly in the fall
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? I love it all!
16. Lights on the tree? Colored lights on our family tree then white on all the others.
17. Favorite Christmas song? too many to name
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home, we made that agreement before we had Brady that he would always wake up on Christmas morning in his bed at home, our tradition.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning
22. Favorite Christmas Tradition? being together, giving Brady a Nutcracker every year and Brady putting the star on the tree
23. Favorite ornament, theme or color? I have many Radko ornaments and I love them, the bright colors are just beautiful
24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Ham, Fried Turkey and all the goodies to go with it.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Peace for all