Christmas Time!

It's almost Christmas and we are so excited to share our first Christmas in Blanding with the Merkets!  They will be here before we know it.  In preparation for their arrival we have hung the lights, decorated the tree, and unpacked some necessities like pictures!  

Chris was kind enough to brave the weather November 28th to get these bad boys up!

My entry way table displaying both of our wonderful families! 

 Some hand-me-down decorations my mother willingly parted with.  Our first Christmas in our home would not have been as wonderful without her help.

A slightly blurry picture of our adorable home.  We wanted to keep it simple for our first year and we are both a fans of the gold/white Christmas lights.  Chris hung the lights while it was snowing and they turned out wonderfully.  There is even a star above our door.  It's the perfect touch to finish the job. 

 Our Christmas tree that we picked up in Moab.  We weren't sure if we would be able to buy one in Blanding.  I'm glad we were able to pick it up so early in the season because we've enjoyed Christmas for a while now already!

 My FAVORITE wreath in the world.  I actually bought this for my mother while I was in Logan and couldn't part with it.  We have taken this bad boy to Idaho Falls, Salt Lake, Houston, and Blanding.  It has survived the many boxes and now adorns our door.

 This is the beautiful decorating my advisory did at school.  We only had 25 minutes to pull this masterpiece off.  Even if we didn't win the Spirit Stang, I believe we did an amazing job!  Half the work was to get everyone involved.  The Christmas tree on the blue paper is the product of one difficult to motivate 8th grader.  I don't think I have made an impression on him at all... but I did get him to cut out a Christmas tree and fringe a fleece blanket this holiday season.  I find that to be a success!

We hope you and yours our doing well this Christmas season!  If we get to see you over the break, our holidays will be even better!