Christmas Time is Here!

So Aaron and I have been really excited for Christmas. In some sense I have been too excited and I have to really watch myself to hold back from getting ever kind of decoration I have. It is just really exciting to have your own home and to start new traditions. I am so blessed to be able to experience Christmas in a way I haven't in years and I can't wait to spend it with my whole family in our little living room :)

So many wonderful things come from Wal-Mart :)

We picked him because not only was he 20 bucks, but his name is Wesley and we go to Indiana Wesleyan so we thought it was a match made in heaven :)

Picking a winner

I'm super happy :)

These are my favorite...

but Aaron likes traditional white lights.

So many colors! How will we choose!?!

Essentials

Ornaments :)

Time to put up the tree 

He is supposed to be 6 feet tall, and I don't know if you can tell but he is my height and I am 5'7''

Lights!

these are very pretty :)

tinsel = magical

We got an UP ornament for a wedding gift since we played it at our wedding :)

Another Wedding gift :)

We got this little guy on the honeymoon. I love him.

All Done! with presents :)

I can't wait for Christmas at our home with my family. It is going to be awesome!

Wesley :)

I love our Christmas tree :)

R for Rice... or radical... or rambunctious...or reindeer

Some crafts I tried to decorate for cheap. This is an old applesauce jar that I used hot glue to spell,'let it snow' and then I painted over it. It turned out alright and it hides the router on the kitchen table :)

Mason jar + Christmas sprinkles I have had for 3 years + candle = Christmasy candle idea I got from pinterest :)

Santa belly pail from target. It lives on our entry table and hold my Xmas pens :)

Clementines are a must during the holiday season

Pine scented candle and I haven't posted about it yet but that bottle in the background was made by Aaron and it is awesome.

I mistakenly told my best friend this was my Advent calender... but I am still calling it that because that is what I call it :)

Hooray for Christmas!