Decorations

I thought that I would show you some of my favorite Christmas decorations today. This is our buffet and advent wreath. This year we have started doing a sort of family devotions every night possible. We light the advent wreath and read some Christmas Bible verses. Sometimes we sing a carol or two. I really enjoy this and I hope we keep it up in years to come. =)

Here is our living room. Mama brings out Christmas blankets every year.

Last year Mom got the clever idea to write holiday messages with Scrabble pieces.  The one on this cabinet simply says, "Merry Christmas".

And the tree. By far my favorite of the decorations, this lights up our living room every night. Christmas lights are some of my favorite things. =)

Over the years we have amassed MILLIONS of ornaments with four children and two Sunday School teachers in the family. This one comes from an adorable set that Mom has hanging on our jade plant. =P It's a small cross-stitched square of a busy little person running home piled up with stocking stuffers. While we have many ornaments that are cute, I particularly like these ones.

Even in the winter we have gorgeous sunsets. Ben called me out a few days ago to catch this one.

Alright, now for what has been taking up so much of our time for the last couple of weeks. Nathan and I are in a Forties Christmas play this year and, of course, this includes lots of hair and make-up experimenting for Mom and me. Nathan lucked out. =) Last night I put my hair up in pin curls and today Mom and I worked with it to get this final result. I'll have to say it I'm pleased with it. It looks forties to me. Does anyone with a little more experience with forties styles want to comment on our job?