Christmas At Our House

Such strange winter weather! Some days in the 60's even- in December!

Front door wreath displays the colors I was decorating with this year. I envisioned another year of silver and gold...

But lost out to the pleas of my children who insisted (demanded?) that we include *red* again. None of this artistic "winter wonderland" look for them.

Hope found the angel with the *red* dress for the top (the brown angel my mother-in-law gave to us this summer truly looked a little ominous with the dark colors at the top of the tree). And some vintage ribbon from the antique shop found their way into the branches as well.

Saint Nicholas decorates the piano. Please note the *red* of his outfit, children.

Carolers greet as you walk in the door.

And the aforementioned "dark angel" has a new home in the living room.

Kitchen wreath.

The children's tree upstairs. Lots more ornaments on the tree this year, thanks to a long hot summer without much moisture, so they could be washed and baked outside for several weeks. Mold, be gone!

This week, we are greatly looking forward to the arrival of a couch. We pray that there will be no reactions to it (allergic or otherwise) and that our home can start feeling more like our home once again.

(You may have noticed a couch in a few of our photos for the past two weeks. We brought out the old couch for Thanksgiving company and have kept it out for the time being. However, Jacob has had breathing problems at night since we did this and I do believe it is an issue. But it has been so nice to have a couch again that we're putting up with it until the new sofa arrives.)