Christmas

We had a wonderful anniversary and Christmas. I'll post about the anniversary later--I don't have the pictures at the moment.

Since I never posted them before Christmas, here are some pictures of our tree and other decorations at the house.

This is an ornament that my sister gave us. A friend of hers (well, and mine too) knows someone that paints these ornaments--all individualized according to the couple based on the tux and gown, flowers, and of course the faces, too. And, mine was navy since my bridesmaids dresses were navy. You can also choose a verse for her to pain around it (it follows the swirly lines around the ornament.)

This tray is on the left side of the coffee table.

This is on the right side of the coffee table. The trees, charger, and ball ornaments are all from our rehearsal dinner/reception.

Our stockings hanging from the mantle.

The left side of the mantle. The vase with the red and silver balls is also from the rehearsal dinner/reception. The tree DOES have sequins all the way to the top...as they get higher, they become clear. I have some leftover glitter spray but just haven't gotten to spraying it yet. I have my Christmas cards sitting across the mantle. At this time, it appears I only had one that made it into the photo.

The right side of the mantle. The reindeer are from the rehearsal dinner/reception as well. I bought 2 of the 3 sets of ornaments here the day after Christmas at Walmart. I believe the others came from Marshall's.

We bought this ornament on our honeymoon last year.

"First Christmas Together" with two love birds. I actually bought this ornament the day after Christmas in 2007, right before we were in engaged in February 2008.

One of many Fusion glass ornaments we received from showers last year.

Our beautiful tree!

The topper I created. Not sure if I'm completely content with it, but I like it.

This last week has kept us busy. Bailey worked most of the week. After he got off on Monday we did some shopping with his family, like they do every year. It's always fun and entertaining. On Tuesday I baked some cookies with my sister. Wednesday I went shopping again, this time with mom. Thursday morning we had a small Christmas breakfast/party at Bailey's office.

On Christmas Eve, we went to church and then had Christmas at his grandmother's. All of her children and grandchildren were actually here this year.

Christmas morning we woke up and had Christmas ourselves. Then we went to his family's house to have Christmas with them. Next we went to my family's house to open gifts. We then went home to clean up and get ready for lunch at his grandmother's. After eating at his grandmother's we went back to my parent's and ate a bit more. Then we went home and napped.

We are very lucky that all of our family is here in our small town. It makes holidays pretty simple.

Bailey's cousins who are close to our age have been in town most of the week so we've spent a good bit of time hanging out with them. We don't get to see them often but when we do, we really enjoy it.

Saturday morning I woke up early to do some shopping with a friend. I found lots of great Christmas stuff--all on sale!! Bailey and his dad did some shopping at Lowe's and Sears.

Today's been pretty relaxing. Went to church and then had a reunion with my dad's side of the family. Outside of the reunion/church, there was a precious little puppy. She kind of resembled Lula in the face. She is terribly skinny--you can see every rib and her hips. I somehow talked Bailey into letting me bring her home for the night. Tomorrow morning I'm going to take her to the vet to see if they might know who she belongs to. I'll update later on how it goes.