This past Sunday was the first official start of Advent: hope. For years now, we have been celebrating Advent as a family to help us focus on the reason for the Christmas season: the birth of Jesus Christ. He wanted to start a new tradition in our home and with our children so that they… Continue reading Advent: Hope
Cooking and decorating sugar cookies are a tradition that comes from my husband's side of the family. I know that my mother made cookies when we were growing up, but I don't remember the massive production that hubby's family did. My FIL would bake tons of cookies with the secret family recipe (no I can't share… Continue reading Christmas Cookies
We have lived far away from family more years than I care to count! This leads to our love of boxes, or at least the boxes that arrive at our home or PO box from family. The boxes are filled with goodies that we both need and want! Recently, my mother has won the cake… Continue reading The Boxes Are Here
Christmas seems to be getting a tough break these days. Certainly not in the marketing nor commercials aspect, but in a historic Christian aspect. (I probably lost folks just in that statement alone) Some of you may be wondering "why do these Bible thumpers keep harping on putting Christ in Christmas?!!" That's a decent question… Continue reading What Think Ye of Christmas
Merry Christmas and welcome to my home tour! The tree is trimmed and Christmas has come to our home!! We tend towards the simple and minimalist approach in our home, mostly due to moving around so much with Uncle Sam. This is one of the reasons I love the Nester's motto "it doesn't have to… Continue reading The Tree is Trimmed 2014
Do you guys have Christmas traditions? I am sure you do, as do we all, be it big or be it small, kick them off, just have a ball! Our newest tradition (or the tradition we will maintain while in Germany) is that we set out a Kinder Santa the day after Thanksgiving to… Continue reading Christmas Traditions
Wish my pups had been this well trained, but knowing my family's love of Christmas, it would only have been a matter of time 😉 http://youtu.be/AUtPKbMwnRo
Kay's Little Korner 