We are so excited to celebrate Christmas in our new home this year! We returned to the USA last November & were staying with family & friends last holiday season & also the Christmas before we left the USA (we were missionaries in South America for 3 years), so this is our first Christmas in our own home as a family in the USA since December 2012. We moved into our current home the beginning of this year, so it is our first Christmas in this home. It was fun to bring out old Christmas items and buy new ones that we didn't have (like a wreath and Christmas tree stand!) and to figure out "where we will put things" in our new home. I decorated the weekend before Thanksgiving and have no regrets. Quick warning....lots of pictures below :).
Welcome to our home tour!
Entry way table
(I am putting our Christmas cards in the gold basket).
We have a ledge upstairs and I purchased this tree at a yard sale in our neighborhood this fall.
On this table, I have garland with lights & ornaments on it and my nativity sets.
This is a little one made in Colombia. I love having touches of Colombia in our holiday decorations!
Mantle and tree
This came from Colombia.
This was a small stocking I made when I was a child for my grandfather, one of my heroes in life. I like to display it every year in his memory.
Sofa pillow and blanket
Coffee table books
Basket of old kids books and Christmas DVD's
Below are some ornament highlights:
Colombia and USA ornaments
This picture features our Home for the Holidays ornament I bought last December, a wooden cross Avery bought me for my birthday and the matchbox ornament (with the small stockings on it) we bought the year we got married.
Sea World ornament (we loved the dolphins and dolphin show when we went).
Harrods bear (from London) and ornament from Colombia
Red ornament from Peru, crosstitch ornament made by my mother, snowman painted by Brook, and Mickey Mouse
Wooden bear ornament I've had since childhood and Elvis :)
Ornament from our friends who live in Bangkok, Thailand
Our kitchen
Holiday dish towels :)
Christmas kitchen candle
Breakfast area
Dining room table
Guest Bath touches of holiday soaps and hand towel
Our back porch table
These small decorations sit on a table upstairs.
These are decorations in the girls' rooms.
Thanks for stopping by for a visit & looking forward to seeing all the home tours!
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