It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

This is only the second year we've decorated for Christmas since moving out of our parents' houses!  We decorated our duplex in Fayetteville I think the first year we were married, then since we were always gone for the holidays decided it wasn't worth it and abandoned it - till now!  I said we HAD to have a tree for Charley - so from here on out I suppose we'll be decorating!!!  We got a new tree this year, and I finally got to display some decor I've had tucked away for quite some time!


Here goes!

Hey mom, whatcha doin'?

I could be wrong, but that looks like a TREE!  In our HOUSE!

Lights...  pretty!

The decorating begins!

Tree skirt made by my dear mom!

This angel has been around for a LOT of years!

From Sarah and Matthew

 

My beautiful nativity!

This is how C entertains herself while I decorate!

Dad made this when he was little!

From one of my students

My ballet slippers - have had this since a wee tad!

Campbell's soup kids - was mine!

This was MY baby's first Christmas...

Go Tigers!  And a pretty angel from mom

Mom painted this

Shells and sea glass collected on our honeymoon in St. Lucia

Owl from Heather

From Ambre and Brad

From a student

From Chisa, my Japanese pen pal

Another owl, from Heather

A star from Jane and Lynn

Santas from Nannie

I made this tree at the church craft day

Got this in Costa Rica

From Jane and Lynn (they've really helped me build my Christmas collection!)

Sweet old girl

From my trip to Nurenburg with mom

My great-grandmothers (then grandmother's) china cabinet