Miss Piper and her Daddy sure enjoyed the Burger Building Play-do set from our sweet friend Midge.
Christmas outfits are all ironed and ready to wear to church. I am loving our black and red this year, especially since all I bought was a shirt for Eric and the headbands. I ordered our headbands from Mama always said, they have the cutest things for really great prices.
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ~Laura Ingalls Wilder
I finally have a finished object, Hooray for me. I had a great fun making this felt flower hair clip for Miss Piper. I cut out flowers in two sizes with my Cricut machine and used them for a template to cut the felt, free handed the leaf, attached a button and Ta-Da! So easy and so cute. Now to get a picture of it in her hair. 
In 2006 Eric and I met my family in Branson, MO for Thanksgiving, the Titanic museum was brand new and of course we had to visit it. At the time they had a tank that could be pressurized to the pressure it would be if you were to go down and visit the Titanic wreckage. For a few bucks you could purchase a Styrofoam coffee cup, write on it and then they would put it under that extreme pressure, this is the result. We came home and put a ribbon on the now tiny cup and hung it on our tree, it is one of our favorite ornaments. 
We love to look at our tree and see all our ornaments, many of them hold happy memories such as this one.
Loving my new Longaberger basket from a very sweet Aunt and her family and also loving having the Christmas cards addressed, stamped and ready to drop in the mailbox.
Riding the "Cara" carousel Piper talk. We had a great time doing a little Christmas shopping in Coralville, Iowa with Daddy, NeeNee and Poppa.
So much fun opening gifts from far away relatives. Thank you Asha, Anil, Aunt Lisa and Uncle Subodh. We love our gifts.
We are loving have NeeNee and Poppa here. They are the some of the greatest parents and grandparents ever.
Well NeeNee and Poppa arrived last night and Miss Piper is very much in love with them. She really loved the Christmas present from Uncle Matt and Aunt Beka, a LSU colored beanbag. Thanks guys, she loves it and will not let Mommy or Daddy sit on it.
Our living room tree, with all the pretty presents.
I know I am a day late but I had to go all the way to the North Pole to get my picture taken with Santa aka my sweet hubby. 
Frosty and Santa greeting people in front of Kim's Kottage.
Christmas is a great time to have a give away, so that is just what I am going to do. How would you like 2 jars of homemade apple butter, Christmas coffee, snowman ornament and a few other things that I do not have yet. To enter this give away leave a comment and tell us your favorite holiday food. I am always looking for new recipes. You have until Midnight Saturday December 4th to enter. Merry Christmas and good luck everyone.
I am in Love with Sparkling Grape juice, especially when it is in a stemmed glass. The glass just makes you feel so elegant or something like that. I get the whole bottle to myself too, Eric doesn't really care for it, Yeah more for me. I only let myself buy it around the holidays and then I savor it. I put Piper to bed, pour myself a glass and relax, either by reading, wrapping presents or doing crafty stuff. Let the evening begin!
All I want for Christmas is an attitude. Oh wait, I already have that!
Twenty two months old and already studying the toy catalogs. Miss Piper is making our Christmas time very fun this year.
Well everyone it is almost December 1st, can you believe it? I will once again be hosting the Photo of the Day for the 25 days of Christmas. It is so much fun to see what photo everyone post for the day. What we will be doing is posting a picture of our Christmas activities, decor or something fun you did that day, I will be putting a linky at the top right hand side of my blog. Please join us for these fun photo days. I will have the linky up by December 1, lights, camera, action!
Would you like 50 free photo cards? I know I sure would, I made a mistake on my Christmas card order and the cards say "From out house to yours." So this offer from Shutterfly had me very excited! Bloggers can receive this offer by doing a post about Shutterfly, follow the instructions at this Shutterfly link. Thanks to Chari for posting the promotion. Shutterfly has a great selection of cards, from very formal to funky. Enjoy!
