Christmas time at the Kjars

We were a little slow on getting our Christmas tree and holiday decor up...but better late than never! (that applies a little bit too much in my life sometimes;)

The last couple days I've been adding some Christmas-y touches to our humble abode...but I think I'll be adding more as the month goes on. (there are so many neat homemade creations I see on [many of your] blogs I want to try!) And finally, last night for Family Home Evening, we decorated our tree. Brooks went to bed early cause he's a bit under the weather (poor little guy) so it was just Adam and I. It was sweet being just the two of us...but in the back of my head I was excited thinking of our future when our little kids will be decorating with us. :)

LIGHTS ON THE TREE:

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A FEW HOMEMADE ORNAMENTS:

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{To make those musically-inclined paper fans I combined the ideas from here and here...you'll see them on our mantel too}

SOAKING UP THE CHRISTMAS TREE GLOW:

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SMILES FOR DECORATING W/ YOUR OTHER HALF:

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MANTEL W/ MANGER AND ALL:

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CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS TREE:

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{remember when I said I was going to string popcorn & cranberries at the end of this post?? well, i did it a couple of years ago and definitely forgot how long it takes. I got this far...and it happened to work perfectly for out little tree}

CRANBERRY-FILLED GLASS JAR DISPLAY:

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LOTS OF RED BERRIES & CINNAMON STICKS:

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RED RIBBONS ON THE RAILING & EGGNOG IN THE FRIDGE:

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NATIVITIES:

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{isn't this the cutest Nativity? It's Japanese :) Adam's parents gave it to us last year}

LITTLE B GETTING EXCITED FOR SANTA TO VISIT:

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I love the Christmas Spirit in our home!

And I hope you're all enjoying your holidays too :)