Well Thanksgiving came and went in a flash as most holiday's do. We had a wonderful time giving thanks and spending time with our families. First we celebrated mom's birthday on Wednesday. Then had Thanksgiving lunch with my dad, then dinner with the Hughes family that evening. Hannah is still trying to figure all of them out. Ha! I keep telling her she's a Hughes and she better start liking it. We then had Thanksgiving (Mexican food) lunch with my mom, grandmother, uncle and aunt on Friday. Hannah had fun entertaining them. It was so fun and I'm still stuffed. I'm also feeling a little burnt out today and fighting a cold.
Even though we were really busy, I still managed to get all my Christmas decorations up early this year. I'm feeling the Christmas spirit and really wanted to do it big this year.
I decided to go with an all gold, white, silver winter themed room for the dining room. I love how it turned out. I also decided we needed three trees this year, so the small tree we've used in the living room the past few years now is in our foyer and we bought a new larger tree for the living room.
The small tree is our nostalgia tree. All our handmade and personal ornaments. Brandon also got his wish and is running a train around it. It's super playful and whimsy.
Our living room is more traditional. We always had real trees and garland growing up so this year I decided to use real garland on the mantle. I love the smell and I hope it's still looking as lovely on Christmas morning. Now all I need is some presents to go under them.
Brandon also got all the house lights up and they look beautiful. He was also so sweet to get my mom's up. I'm not sure the last time she's had light up on her house but it's been awhile.
I love decorating and designing, but for me it's so much more. Christmas to me will always be about giving thanks to my Heavenly Father, spending time with my love ones and celebrating our Savior's birth. We are so blessed.
