Christmas around our Home 2013

Initially my goal was to paint the ceilings, trim, and walls in our living and dining room area before the end of 2013.  But once I pulled out our Christmas décor, I had no desire to start moving things around, covering furniture, and spreading dust everywhere to get this accomplished.  So I decided to just enjoy the month of December with no DIY projects--and I'm quite glad I did!

Here are some fun things we enjoyed around our home this Christmas:

Decorating the Christmas Tree (with frequent "undecorating" by Hylie).

I love this Christmas wreath...I don't know if it's because I still love how the door looks with its new paint or if it's because I'm proud of myself for making it at the beginning of December so I could enjoy it all month long--regardless, I thought it helped make our home look somewhat festive.

Our new and beautiful Nativity.

Our stockings and little "Woodhouses". 

Eventually these will become our stocking holders...so they're still a work in progress.  Initially I was set on making all of our stocking when we were first married. 

I was able to get Geoff's 80% complete back in 2011, but wasn't super thrilled with how it turned out.  Then a friend of mine in Denver surprised me with the beautiful stockings seen in the picture above.  As mentioned before, everything is still a work in progress...but that work won't resume again until Christmas of 2014!

We sure enjoyed being surrounded by reminders of the Christmas Season!