**Side note: As I was looking through the pictures from our last post, I realized that we didn't take any pictures with The Richards family! WHAT?! I don't even know how that happened?! I will definitely be better at getting pictures on Christmas :))
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, yes it is! We have started a few traditions of our own for Christmas since being married & we loved being able to start them up again the day after Thanksgiving. We took down all of our Fall decorations the day after Thanksgiving & got down all of our Christmas decorations from the attic. Jordan could barely hardly wait to get them all up, he is like a little elf ;) The first Christmas we celebrated as an engaged couple, my Aunt & Uncle got Jordan & I a village set - a couple of houses, some people, fake snow, trees & some snowmen. Jordan love love loves putting it up - it's his little project. I usually do the mantle & try to find places for all of the other little decorations we have accumulated. My Mom has given us a lot of decorations that she wasn't using & we are so grateful! We have carried on our tradition of watching Christmas movies in the days leading up to Christmas, that's probably one of our favorite things :) We purchased our tree last weekend! LOVE the smell of a real tree, fake trees aren't allowed in our house lol We bought a set of pretty bulbs last year, my Mom gave me some of my childhood ornaments, along with some very special ornaments that her & my Nanny made. We received a few as gifts last year also, and enjoy looking at those & putting them on the tree too. One of the last times we were at the cabin, while Jordan was chopping wood, I gathered up some baby pinecones that were scattered around the cabin - I knew that I wanted to use them for something, I just wasn't sure what! Well, they became part of the centerpiece on our kitchen table! We love looking at them & know that they came from someplace special :) We are looking forward to celebrating with our families in just 9 short days! We can hardly believe that the year is almost over!
Here are some pictures of our decorations around the house...
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| Our beautiful "Richards" mantle. |
Stockings hung by the chimney with care...
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| Love these little trees! |
Love & Blessings,
J & J
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