Our Holiday Home

Okay....

prepare yourself for a

llooonnnggg post!

Que the

eggnog,

Christmas music,

and

good cheer....

Here from

front door

to

back yard

is our

Holiday

Home

Our front door

The very tiny entry way

My favorite Christmas guys..I forget how big they actually are...

we had a little boy walk through the front door this weekend and

he almost didn't come in...the big nutcracker is a little scary I guess.

Maybe he needs to not be right in the front door next year! Poor Harold

The living room and part of the breakfast/dining area

The Mantle

Top left is our family tree..i've been collecting those ornaments for 13 years now..

bottom left is the two trees you see when you first walk in the house.

I decided long ago that the meaning of decadence wasn't diamonds

and chocolate to me...

but two matching trees....how positively decadent.

Four trees in one view...

well sorta...one just got cropped out of the picture

The new addition this year is the Department 56 Dickens's Village..

my Uncle and Aunt passed it down to me. 

I'm pretty sure it's going to be our new obsession..i'm already looking for new houses.

The kids and I had so much fun putting it up.  It already feels like a yearly tradition.

Love you so very much

Uncle Donnie and Aunt Janie..

thank you for letting us carry on the tradition

Dining room/breakfast area tree and Candy Garland in Kitchen

Clockwise...our daughter's tree..

didn't she do a good job putting all the ornaments on herself

Our son's room..

another view of her tree

The bathroom/tiki bar tree....

it resides in the bathroom for now because

 our puppy/moose doesn't know how to not destroy it yet

Views from the master bedroom...believe it or not

there are actually a LOT of ornaments on that tree..

it just doesn't look like it in this picture.

Perhaps I need more ornaments...

Target here I come

And finally

Night and Day pictures

from the glass house.

Thank you all for taking a tour of our house this Christmas....

now I must be off for there are

cookies to be baked

babies to be kissed

presents to be wrapped

birthdays to be celebrated

and

friends and family to be

held dear and close to our hearts

From my family

to yours

Merry Christmas

I'm linking up to

Nesting Place

Christmas Tour

Of Homes

2010

and

Thrifty Decor Chick

Christmas Tree Party

Stop on over