Babies Getting to See Santa!!

We have had so much

fun this Christmas

season having two 

babies to celebrate

with!

We really wanted to 

take them to see Santa

even though we thought

they may cry ~

Isaac sat on his lap 

kind of not sure

what we were doing

and Ellie slept through

the whole event ~

We saw Santa at 

Bass Pro Shop so there

were some other things

to do while we were there ~

The babies tried out 

camping chairs ~

They got to take their

first Merry Go Round ride ~

Hung out with Daddy ~

Sat on a buffalo ~

And last ... sat

in front of a huge fireplace ~

Ellie, Noah & Stephanie

       Isaac, Kristin & James

           Babies with 
         Grammy & Grampy ~

(Grampy was on his way to work)

Merry Christmas!!

Simple Christmas Decorating Ideas

This year I wanted all

of my Christmas decorating

to be creams, burlap, 

mercury glass and greens ~

 The challenge was to

take things I had and

kind of recreate them

and also to use things

that I had around

my home already ~

We have an artificial tree 

but I wanted fresh greens

for the awesome smell ~

I went to Lowes and they

gave me cuttings that

were just laying around

from their fresh 

Christmas trees ~ It was

awesome!! I left

with an armload ~

Then I got some of my old

glass ornaments and

washed them in warm sudsy

water to make them

turn into a wonderful

mercury glass ~

Next I took a wreath that

was shoved in the attic

and took off all the old

decorations ~

 Then I added

clippings from the greens

all over and used

 some hydrangea

blossoms that were still

on bushes ~ 

Then added some of the

mercury balls that

I had washed ~

 

 This is our mantel with

stocking for my precious

grand babies ~

 I am still using the

hydrangeas that

I showed you in this post ~

The colors have faded

but they work great for 

my tree ~

     

  

My armful of greens

helped create all of 

these simple little

Christmas vignettes 

and it smells great!

       

   Have fun decorating!

hugs,
Lori