O Christmas Tree 2007

Here are some photos of our house this Christmas with a surprise at the end! :)

nativity in the living room

ornaments on a shelf of the entertainment center

lambs on the entertainment center

snow village buildings (school, pet shop, and cabin) in the entryway
(Matt's mom gave me the school last year, and then we got the pet shop and cabin at after Christmas sales)

Matt putting lights on Big Boy

More sheep :)

Big Boy!! I still have an even more updated picture to post with the tree skirt around it and some close ups of ornaments :)
(Do you see the Christmas duck??)

Family apple ornaments that have since been added to the tree

The mantle (and Sammy on the couch)

mantle closer (ignore the liquid nails still on the mantle, please) :)

top of the computer armoire

placemats in the kitchen

Sign in the kitchen :)

Poem and painting by a student's mom (way back from my child dev. lab days)

Dining room

Dining room place setting

All the boxes when we got them down from the attic (how do we have so many after only 3 married Christmases??) :) Plus there are two more we keep in the house all year (candles I don't want to melt in the attic and linens I want to protect from the possibility of moths, etc.)

My little elf coming back down from the attic

My fall berry wreath now "framing" a snowman hotpad above the stove, and Christmas measuring cups/spoons to the right

gingerbread man napkin holder

Snowmen above the laundry room door


Here comes the surprise....
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fish #1!

fish #2!!

fish #3!!!