Merry Christmas........

We added 2 little pre-lit trees to the front porch decorations.
We got them as a gift from Terry and Vic (Beck's mom + dad.) Thanks Terry and Vic!
We also decided not to put up any lights on the house this year. Staying with the wreaths, the trees and the candles in the windows. Simple but pretty.




Also, we didn't want to put tape or tacks in the woodwork around any of the door frames for Christmas cards so we hung garland from the woodwork in between the breakfast/kitchen area and the great room and hung our cards on that with paperclips. It worked out pretty well. Here's a couple pictures of the tree it's finally finished!! HO HO HO!!

Christmas decor and the tree.... so far

We put one of those little Christmas villiages on the mantel of the keeping room fireplace. Keeping room you say??? Don't ask 'cause we don't know either... thats just what it said on house plans. It is a room off the kitchen and breakfast area with a fireplace in it. The big guy likes to lie down there sometimes.

The big guy wearing his Christmas scarf!

Then there's the tree!!

We wanted to get a big one because the ceilings are so high and we've both always wanted a big tree. So we got a big one!

The wreaths on the door are the one's Beck and I decorated. Well, she decorated I was more like moral support.

Outside of house.....at night

Here are a few shots of the outside of the house at night. I put in some accent lighting recently that lights up the 4 columns on the front porch. Click on the pictures to make them bigger.





And here are a few of the decorations that we've put up so far. Becky made the bow for the mailbox and we bought the 4 wreaths and added the decorations to them.