The pictures I promised long ago

There's probably nothing really going on at our house that's any different than yours - we're busy getting ready for Christmas, too - so I won't bore you with words and leave you instead with some visual images of what's been happening.

Sorry I didn't back up any further to give you the full effect - it was raining and I was a wimp. That's the extent of our outdoor decorating. The door's already red, so really what else do we need =o)

The decorated tree and the mantle with stockings hung with some care.

We've never had a fireplace before - it was fun to be able to hang our stockings this year.

Sorry this one is blurry - this is our little travel tree. Mark and I have a tradition of buying an ornament in cities that we visit. This year, we decided to buy another tree so that we could highlight our travel ornaments. It's fun to pull them out of the box every Christmas and relive the experiences we had.

Important Background info for the next pictures: Emma Claire came over to spend some time with us.

Hmm...?

Aha...the culprit...

She was transferring stickers all night - I found them everywhere after she went to bed (including several in the tree and one on my bottom - must have sat on something that had been "decorated").