My Little Box

Since I am snowed in. . . I thought I would take a couple pictures now that my place is all together and decorated for this festive holiday season!

(The first few are a little fuzzy because they were taken with my ancient cellphone!)

Even my bathroom has a pink tree, with pink garland and candles on the counter . . . This is thanks to Grandmama a few years back :)

I LOVE having a real fireplace! It makes everything so cozy! Mom finally found a mirror for me to above the fireplace. Shelly and Grandma helped her pick it out. Thanks Mom!

This is my living room. You can't really see the cute lanterns on the coffee table, but they have Christmas trees carved in them. Christi and I found them at a craft fair.

 

Here is my little tree. Pretty foggy picture, but if it was clear you would see that most of the ornaments sparkle and are silver and gold. 

The cabinet was my great grandmother's. It is over 80 years old. It fits just perfectly! You can't see my Christmas decorations on the table or on the cabinet very well, but I tried!

Jason's Visit

So, in case you didn't know. Jason has been in Afghanastan since May! Well, he finally got a break and came home to visit for two weeks. At the beginning of the 2 weeks we all went out for dinner. We all meaning: Lisa & Dick, Larry & Donna (and her son), Bethany & Jason, Dan, and myself. My parents didn't go to this one, but Jason will be "gracing" the house with his presence. . . poor Mom. :)

After dinner at Brewer's Alley, we went to Firestone's and then Griff's. It was a lot of fun and I hope that Jason knows the reason we were all together is celebrate him being home safely. The real celebration, however, will come in the spring when he is home for good!

Thanksgiving

We continued the tradition this year and had the Poole/Kipp crew over at Mom and Dad's house!

This year there was a new member-Avery Michelle-Susan and Mike's adorable baby girl.

Of course we all were dressed nicely and enjoyed playing with the kiddos, eating WAY too much food, and drinking some tasty wine. . . .

but . . by the end of the night it was time to change into sweats and relax. . . first by the fire pit! We made yummy s'mores and . . .

hung out by the fire . . . it wasn't chilly at all with the " " blaze" Dad had made!

Unfortunately. . . It started to rain. At first it was fine. We all acted like morons and hid under the umbrellas, but then it started POURING . . . Time to go inside!

Dad made sugar cookies and it was time for the little kiddos to get in PJ's. Back to the living room to relax!