Happy New Year, Snowbound, and The Winner!

Happy New Year, Everyone! First, I want to say a big thank you to Kristin of <a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.blogspot.com/">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia</a>. She asked me the other day if she could feature our blog on hers and of course I jumped at the chance and was so honored. She has an absolutely beautiful blog that you all should check out if you haven't already! I spent quite some time over there the other day and fell in love with so many of her projects. She definitely has one of those blogs you can get completely lost in and spend hours looking through! You can see this one post <a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-projects-of-2010.html">here</a> that wraps up some of her top projects of 2010. Her kitchen transformation is incredible! I wish I had time to write more but I am not feeling so great so am going to try to keep this post as short as possible and I still have a lot to write about. This bench is just one of her recent projects:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhoWTJLeAy-Som-h6bWeBTxhEsQ6fC2iYu9bApu5aR0rDKIvgmPzr97mWtAeO5DqtR2z1ohiHgzLI4bkf9tRvPuFzMC4rAyyAKTVgRpsT8iSMRemT7IozBGowo9dayG-2L8sdBrMrukk/s1600/IMG_1911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhoWTJLeAy-Som-h6bWeBTxhEsQ6fC2iYu9bApu5aR0rDKIvgmPzr97mWtAeO5DqtR2z1ohiHgzLI4bkf9tRvPuFzMC4rAyyAKTVgRpsT8iSMRemT7IozBGowo9dayG-2L8sdBrMrukk/s640/IMG_1911.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><br />Normally when we go up to New Hampshire I take a ton of photos. Everything is so beautiful and picturesque up there from the quaint little towns, beautiful homes and just the landscape in general. My parents property alone has so many great places to take pictures. This time however I didn't end up with practically any photos at all! After a very stressful month, we thought it was going to be a nice relaxing Christmas week but thanks to my ending up with some pregnancy complications, a major snowstorm (that resulted in 4 canceled flights for my sister and husband) and two trips to the ER for my parents with my Uncle Bob (he's still at the hospital and not doing well, so any prayers for him would be greatly appreciated) it turned out to be a wee bit hectic!<br /><br />I started feeling not so great at the Carolina game in Chapel Hill on Tuesday but brushed it aside. By Thursday evening  though it wasn't really something I could ignore anymore. After a call to my doctor I ended up more or less on bedrest for the next 4 days. I had been so excited to take pictures of Jamie and Josh's party (fortunately I did get a few of their home and the decorating we did Thursday morning but none of the actual party), Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning, Christmas Day, the beautiful snow, etc... you know- all of the fun that goes with the holidays, but needless to say photos with my feet in front of whatever I was trying to shoot aren't so pretty. Thankfully, most of the complications went away after a few days and so by Wednesday I was able to be up and moving about more so I did take some photos of that (which are posted below). Having to lay around was actually fun for the first few minutes - I got to boss everyone around (actually my siblings would probably all say that is normal!) and have people bring me cookies and cake and everything else while I just laid on the couch (now that is not so normal...well, eating cookies and cake is but laying on the couch most definitely not), but that got old after about ten minutes and then I thought I might go insane! The good thing was, though most everyone got snowbound so they were all stuck in the house with me too! My sister's flight was canceled and poor Jon had three different flights get canceled on him! He never ended up being able to head out on his recruiting trip and had to change his entire route and ended up renting a car and driving back to Williamsburg to at least get to William and Mary's game on Wednesday. Lillie and I flew back last night. Unfortunately most of my complications came back pretty strong so I was in bed all day today and it looks like I will be not doing much tomorrow either. I am praying all of the complications will subside soon and everything can return to normal. Anyway, that is why we haven't given a date for reopening our shop yet. I know a lot of you have asked but I just don't have a definitive answer just yet. We had been planning on reopening as soon as I got back to Williamsburg but obviously that has changed. <b>My goal is to open at some point towards the middle to end of next week </b>but it is hard to know that for sure at this point. I will keep you all updated though and as soon as I am able to be up and about again we will be reopening. I have Valentine's Day shirts and pillows that I want to have ready as soon as possible!<br /><br />So, anyway, that has what has been going on here this past week! The one day that I did get to be on my feet was Wednesday which was my mom's birthday! Happy Birthday, Moosie! Here are some pictures from that day (don't worry - I didn't shovel or go sledding I just stepped outside to take a few photos):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Here is Lillie and Uncle Jason in their matching Notre Dame hats. I can't believe he will be graduating in just a few months - he is supposed to the be baby of the family! I wanted to dress Lillie up in her new furry vest and one of the new knit hats Dana gave her for Christmas, but seeing how it was FREEZING out I figured that might border on cruelty so I figured we would save that for another day. I am dying to get a picture of the deep purple one, though, so that we can list it in the shop when we reopen! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkutBAGURaBErYG7kpoNzaXO_zpRBwmmb111UVOdnlMe9kJrQTlzZZYUdUIwXM4o2Sg8OIYobie00RnQUUuGeXtDX0XTA2SnaXrpNK1gpP4fckRXWVhJMVRi1_0Ku38-cEWZd7-uR-iU/s1600/DSC_0039cheart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkutBAGURaBErYG7kpoNzaXO_zpRBwmmb111UVOdnlMe9kJrQTlzZZYUdUIwXM4o2Sg8OIYobie00RnQUUuGeXtDX0XTA2SnaXrpNK1gpP4fckRXWVhJMVRi1_0Ku38-cEWZd7-uR-iU/s640/DSC_0039cheart.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What a helper!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdC9jrPOuCAybGvVvjA6kc4zPNU0FLTnKte700M3KpqaVAteesrsG0G6lLSjC1fASl2MUtxCtB-7b3UNKHjlceKaUu_WOJE_tvevowtrvYnmGasZZIrF101N343hYKSnBPQlMogwzKv2U/s1600/DSC_0028heart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdC9jrPOuCAybGvVvjA6kc4zPNU0FLTnKte700M3KpqaVAteesrsG0G6lLSjC1fASl2MUtxCtB-7b3UNKHjlceKaUu_WOJE_tvevowtrvYnmGasZZIrF101N343hYKSnBPQlMogwzKv2U/s640/DSC_0028heart.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> Okay, enough shoveling! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbUqEKpUFlA1-qR16aYDPYtc2T0KcdpLWH2wWURY3ER_ru-kcxQ6iBtMpu6xf2hCgMb0oDxL-pShNlz-QeUllpb3BuDLv6OUWYTnSnA79vhNXmJEuxBfUSUxow6V364baQ0CE9Nkh7j0/s1600/DSC_0067heart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbUqEKpUFlA1-qR16aYDPYtc2T0KcdpLWH2wWURY3ER_ru-kcxQ6iBtMpu6xf2hCgMb0oDxL-pShNlz-QeUllpb3BuDLv6OUWYTnSnA79vhNXmJEuxBfUSUxow6V364baQ0CE9Nkh7j0/s640/DSC_0067heart.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Time to play in the snow with Mimi!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84Zgkvrr0g6kGP0213Yw36w51Fqv6BXAifxIWXjozjfSfoRbJL9OPGfkTD5XU2kvb1RA6znayTKBlRku03y9U1xCBbQARzwBn8SsvrjA7VIthqCVBZv9HZITnUHHsZcUH5diPiGWH30Y/s1600/DSC_0103rr-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84Zgkvrr0g6kGP0213Yw36w51Fqv6BXAifxIWXjozjfSfoRbJL9OPGfkTD5XU2kvb1RA6znayTKBlRku03y9U1xCBbQARzwBn8SsvrjA7VIthqCVBZv9HZITnUHHsZcUH5diPiGWH30Y/s640/DSC_0103rr-copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Moosie "Mimi" and Lillie sledding!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUQc0f25YLOi_PGwV16pCes1rgaSC4CQrPQf56wv0RFKoExDv1MBhaMpJmWe3wSf_gtvox-m8Z_DreHopHyqJcFR28U2HSOhhOg5CJXT4pFkXABIKqEN-1oklWkXy3A9nSFJhkiC7IW0/s640/DSC_0174-rrcopy.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lillie helping Mimi make her birthday cake. When I asked Lillie if she wanted to help me make Mimi's birthday cake she informed me "ummm.....no thanks, I bake with Mimi!" So my mom ended up making her own cake with Lillie's help. I don't think she minded, though - she was probably secretly gloating that Lillie had said she'd rather bake with her than me - haha!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8fKccWOwbXy1JX6VUvlHlSypXanhvFrC7uuJR9lQs0P_4_Ol-jP-mrtazukyBzRJ0kMCVUiTJYTEiuN1NHicw_Zq07dMU_Hf7M9X4cc7kyI4_doFZrFnz-N7GbxMqsORFtMjOk6TvYA/s1600/DSC_0004heart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8fKccWOwbXy1JX6VUvlHlSypXanhvFrC7uuJR9lQs0P_4_Ol-jP-mrtazukyBzRJ0kMCVUiTJYTEiuN1NHicw_Zq07dMU_Hf7M9X4cc7kyI4_doFZrFnz-N7GbxMqsORFtMjOk6TvYA/s640/DSC_0004heart.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>And of course licking the batter is the best part of baking!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtooTPm56aKCKXK3xjcECpGOeJi_etblaJwKraJcuG5xqmMY_OWJWpjq49qKuXV0qfReNW3Xp2y31mzzfqSIP1KRDTlV6FRaoZLYpuyOSw4iD8J9cS-FIlXLr1gvAwkP7WVOEMsnwBoOM/s1600/DSC_0016haert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtooTPm56aKCKXK3xjcECpGOeJi_etblaJwKraJcuG5xqmMY_OWJWpjq49qKuXV0qfReNW3Xp2y31mzzfqSIP1KRDTlV6FRaoZLYpuyOSw4iD8J9cS-FIlXLr1gvAwkP7WVOEMsnwBoOM/s640/DSC_0016haert.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And now for the winner of our $75 Gift Certificate:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdf7-fUs9T5LR7aD6mKOyo1KJc6RLsL7e3gQHBE0SVwmtmJ11pv649A4DdAalEsYd5QyYfOmockpWb8NhC98AOrtT7wdBDYmL49pABQo_yFsORhft0YSeLycW9hPAiPKfjJoh8zbid-E/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-12-31+at+9.09.39+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdf7-fUs9T5LR7aD6mKOyo1KJc6RLsL7e3gQHBE0SVwmtmJ11pv649A4DdAalEsYd5QyYfOmockpWb8NhC98AOrtT7wdBDYmL49pABQo_yFsORhft0YSeLycW9hPAiPKfjJoh8zbid-E/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-12-31+at+9.09.39+PM.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Note: I used ramdom.org to chose the winner a little after nine and at the time there were 445 entries.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to <a href="http://theecklife.blogspot.com/">Amanda</a>!</span></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Send us an e-mail to dearlillie@hotmail.com within the next 48 hours to collect your prize!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully I will be posting again in just another day or two with pictures of our new purple knit hat,  and then after that with some non-Christmas winter decorating, some Valentine's pillows and our next big project - <b>turning our guest room into a nursery!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>I hope you all have a beautiful New Year!</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV8r7b5N5LlPvp0qwJnBnOoy8gSIzpDlKyvnbyEr6e0GO2M0D3d1eWkoj3UpNHVlu-0EB38oIYr3VwI9IpwrS_MK1sG6LI6oYID5RlwGAUNIcjvKMZL18_BYC-Cs4qkzjQcmDqTU9980/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV8r7b5N5LlPvp0qwJnBnOoy8gSIzpDlKyvnbyEr6e0GO2M0D3d1eWkoj3UpNHVlu-0EB38oIYr3VwI9IpwrS_MK1sG6LI6oYID5RlwGAUNIcjvKMZL18_BYC-Cs4qkzjQcmDqTU9980/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div>

Happy New Year, Snowbound, and The Winner!

Happy New Year, Everyone! First, I want to say a big thank you to Kristin of My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia. She asked me the other day if she could feature our blog on hers and of course I jumped at the chance and was so honored. She has an absolutely beautiful blog that you all should check out if …

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Merry Christmas from the Holmes Family! (Pictures from the Drukes, Carolina, and our Christmas Card)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas Eve! We have had busy last few days. We had a wonderful time in Chapel Hill and then a nice easy flight up to New Hampshire where we had a great time last night at Jamie and Josh's Christmas party. I went over yesterday morning and Jamie and I finished decorating her's and Josh's home for their Christmas party. Here are some photos. (I showed some pictures of her dining room that we did last time I was here in a previous post so I won't repost any of those to keep this post from getting too long!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Here is their great room:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZjMl0R3h4HNL6GPMX4ajInDMgXpcvjef-sUQwzioGRihQTIdIGhEyYY8-aBF9ejZQ_LClHfxDxYAfpPxmOIebZRCEVMD0sa83A2FEY7Qc3X3up1UnbHhaZuvkjuFIoMnrZ3-04TzN4M/s1600/DSC_0075j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZjMl0R3h4HNL6GPMX4ajInDMgXpcvjef-sUQwzioGRihQTIdIGhEyYY8-aBF9ejZQ_LClHfxDxYAfpPxmOIebZRCEVMD0sa83A2FEY7Qc3X3up1UnbHhaZuvkjuFIoMnrZ3-04TzN4M/s640/DSC_0075j.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I think I need a wider lens for spots like this. These photos don't begin to show what it really looks like. I am so incredibly jealous of her new mirror!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilQfL-2qiTiMm6Ap66GmaFkinGEHDyf944LFL6tZNnikgZ75vUCPtPYZgc4PSC18Of0lhJkKNIAuHTkj1uRPcC8w4u2hv0xfd6U4pGuygy_9DCYLrDn5HGQOXRTWpE7SQMdaf9tSvbkQ/s1600/DSC_0114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilQfL-2qiTiMm6Ap66GmaFkinGEHDyf944LFL6tZNnikgZ75vUCPtPYZgc4PSC18Of0lhJkKNIAuHTkj1uRPcC8w4u2hv0xfd6U4pGuygy_9DCYLrDn5HGQOXRTWpE7SQMdaf9tSvbkQ/s640/DSC_0114.jpg" width="441" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWNX8zVN8oYqGxhyphenhyphen7JyMpO9_Vc-81puOTKoDqNgjiMTFEBNkDgVWDwbAFR3872GEBqZo0dh772b2H5h3oaddP0t5QjnPTb76BMFOUaJsYJlR2ez4L0ZT5k5NJCv7PU8PlE-D9yiDugBg/s1600/DSC_0120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWNX8zVN8oYqGxhyphenhyphen7JyMpO9_Vc-81puOTKoDqNgjiMTFEBNkDgVWDwbAFR3872GEBqZo0dh772b2H5h3oaddP0t5QjnPTb76BMFOUaJsYJlR2ez4L0ZT5k5NJCv7PU8PlE-D9yiDugBg/s640/DSC_0120.jpg" width="431" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7kGHS6FDrRVmtrvMD-aELz42pQd-AzAPBsZRGs-iYX3rW-bkZG5a72FP_HOnzzp2CjCus9tZaSjHZKdfDub0ZTm6lgd3iOHt5IPYdYgvDLmpaZTeT4EQEQpefJjxSuTcTS9Pg3GjQ7E/s1600/DSC_0100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7kGHS6FDrRVmtrvMD-aELz42pQd-AzAPBsZRGs-iYX3rW-bkZG5a72FP_HOnzzp2CjCus9tZaSjHZKdfDub0ZTm6lgd3iOHt5IPYdYgvDLmpaZTeT4EQEQpefJjxSuTcTS9Pg3GjQ7E/s640/DSC_0100.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And here is their newly finished breakfast nook. Josh made the table!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei-HwY-466fH-WfCaT1H0ucWLV7Hd6swaWM83M8m7YqbxkctnC9sPZwNCtH_4GUMJjImtkczldVrVXtJO_pmQB6ZN_-prIfZtOfoteBAYkRKmu0haJ8cDvU5NXPwQyKbO5kOJV6Zuo8U/s1600/DSC_0156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei-HwY-466fH-WfCaT1H0ucWLV7Hd6swaWM83M8m7YqbxkctnC9sPZwNCtH_4GUMJjImtkczldVrVXtJO_pmQB6ZN_-prIfZtOfoteBAYkRKmu0haJ8cDvU5NXPwQyKbO5kOJV6Zuo8U/s640/DSC_0156.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QujxliqhVrH0U9VGr3Ly22nBci5RsW8SvDrcmCdYTRGBEbnfNMDWDoHb3t8Jmc5g1bQpUhbKIEd5U99Lwk-HdzNOgIprUkIuFypfOd7T1xG8Ln-c7WxJjQVHJnA1-rzYYjizhSxxRcg/s1600/DSC_0159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QujxliqhVrH0U9VGr3Ly22nBci5RsW8SvDrcmCdYTRGBEbnfNMDWDoHb3t8Jmc5g1bQpUhbKIEd5U99Lwk-HdzNOgIprUkIuFypfOd7T1xG8Ln-c7WxJjQVHJnA1-rzYYjizhSxxRcg/s640/DSC_0159.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUwb_wDBrz97gxezhJQamN3t8PgCsEgoSDfF9K2-G_M2lhKdDlm649wvb34ko5HpiDeonMBBGIIrFYnNmSp2QjVm02BSyInAi3czlh2me6ioRZE1airlmUYQaEaDSYBmD0WcqwhxFK94/s1600/DSC_0160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUwb_wDBrz97gxezhJQamN3t8PgCsEgoSDfF9K2-G_M2lhKdDlm649wvb34ko5HpiDeonMBBGIIrFYnNmSp2QjVm02BSyInAi3czlh2me6ioRZE1airlmUYQaEaDSYBmD0WcqwhxFK94/s640/DSC_0160.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsiEguwt2gUT1XXB2Ai3eHJeKk5f7iJ99CgNdU4bXRw0t2AMtF676qsRH_0hTfYIBc8Nc7HGwKxkHTHw5U704u86t8elI3WQZn70ncnmgsD436AdUQICxxS4_YPTYS0ejshuXdW667tI/s1600/DSC_0162j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsiEguwt2gUT1XXB2Ai3eHJeKk5f7iJ99CgNdU4bXRw0t2AMtF676qsRH_0hTfYIBc8Nc7HGwKxkHTHw5U704u86t8elI3WQZn70ncnmgsD436AdUQICxxS4_YPTYS0ejshuXdW667tI/s640/DSC_0162j.jpg" width="445" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We also had a lot of fun in Chapel Hill on Tuesday although the game against Carolina didn't go quite like we would have liked =(. Lillie didn't seem to mind though, seeing how we sat directly behind the players and she could basically poke them all night long! =)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99T1g9DR_DZ-3dThMWDuXiShgO6wZEf1b_qDPCbqSAzI3j2Il2GtkAp72q3lj7mkkLLpSBuETmwJnEi2irj9E_3QANrbewd8qHDN4IPXh6CIzlZgQGLi_dFWbHxuTekQDnZG21g6eaY4/s1600/DSC_0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99T1g9DR_DZ-3dThMWDuXiShgO6wZEf1b_qDPCbqSAzI3j2Il2GtkAp72q3lj7mkkLLpSBuETmwJnEi2irj9E_3QANrbewd8qHDN4IPXh6CIzlZgQGLi_dFWbHxuTekQDnZG21g6eaY4/s640/DSC_0011.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaTSVsmhwJP5mucMEN8fh4QIhfEN-fmeBWh1gitRpvOXSVOdpEfMIf02VnieFeU-e2ZkB_kkFBosXUF1EF1Hr2cNBX8VF_9rPn1TTAlT5OKNmlOdghsQvoPwf2eVDM_aWzftlbMlaIvI/s1600/DSC_0015c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaTSVsmhwJP5mucMEN8fh4QIhfEN-fmeBWh1gitRpvOXSVOdpEfMIf02VnieFeU-e2ZkB_kkFBosXUF1EF1Hr2cNBX8VF_9rPn1TTAlT5OKNmlOdghsQvoPwf2eVDM_aWzftlbMlaIvI/s640/DSC_0015c.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Here she is after enjoying a candycane.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixk_BypRNhc3roArivrbwFnRN4H10_9n_-59UIh7WHj9Dx35W8gEeqOk4pUstIZ89ukmV4XzrCtOgal1qUzsjSVnve6Oq4cTKUJkC08qf-Uvd0YttKqOmsFOgmoc4jSXofPGcntLjm6bs/s1600/DSC_0017c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixk_BypRNhc3roArivrbwFnRN4H10_9n_-59UIh7WHj9Dx35W8gEeqOk4pUstIZ89ukmV4XzrCtOgal1qUzsjSVnve6Oq4cTKUJkC08qf-Uvd0YttKqOmsFOgmoc4jSXofPGcntLjm6bs/s640/DSC_0017c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Sitting on the bench after the game.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-UaCMC4jRSN5hoH_p4FEsH2AXazQOqWLGg60nKMJXHH_UkEG_jkJH2fBOpiqvhn1xLqDXUfwDbqeJMx3te49XjCwLvHTMMcW6eeHEhOx7HvvAQf-CX2PeR7S7BtZPoNwkwcxsubf7ms/s1600/DSC_0021c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-UaCMC4jRSN5hoH_p4FEsH2AXazQOqWLGg60nKMJXHH_UkEG_jkJH2fBOpiqvhn1xLqDXUfwDbqeJMx3te49XjCwLvHTMMcW6eeHEhOx7HvvAQf-CX2PeR7S7BtZPoNwkwcxsubf7ms/s640/DSC_0021c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lillie and our cousin Lauren.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zCjnKgfdA5l5O5mLzprCHGLRTXBvQ2lazbIiLeWngF5tNrXLC_J2INw-RLHUuKSgEnPzyAUwi_WihTFnbLrWfT190_5j53Rwlkc9_8lM5uX1hpKa4MXUS7mjap21tth0uIida4GhUuQ/s1600/DSC_0013c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zCjnKgfdA5l5O5mLzprCHGLRTXBvQ2lazbIiLeWngF5tNrXLC_J2INw-RLHUuKSgEnPzyAUwi_WihTFnbLrWfT190_5j53Rwlkc9_8lM5uX1hpKa4MXUS7mjap21tth0uIida4GhUuQ/s640/DSC_0013c.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>She was in love with Blake.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_yWPj7xPgNSa9OOlJy417tj7EyQRohXtUEZoqNCchyW-zeFkX8h7xsXaZf1HVAlXZec0wN3KIEH-j4ghFXAGr5tFw34FrRIPUj5_hCe5Sq6hDgw5XRDvpFJgFAkzAFtzL4A7Qupmslw/s1600/DSC_0003c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_yWPj7xPgNSa9OOlJy417tj7EyQRohXtUEZoqNCchyW-zeFkX8h7xsXaZf1HVAlXZec0wN3KIEH-j4ghFXAGr5tFw34FrRIPUj5_hCe5Sq6hDgw5XRDvpFJgFAkzAFtzL4A7Qupmslw/s640/DSC_0003c.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>And since arriving in New Hampshire Lillie has enjoyed plowing with Papa.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZZCEscTg-QWWiwgvGywuHtCSVvC6JR5BIBJITZXKWunQifj5nsewHRmyYOC6gU-m0ydz0hy6oCTPvAhQ67wTgySz7gyWeB-Z6FTJwJlIrO-V6RZQUcrkAg3Cf2xPlp2sN98DbMiJoOM/s1600/DSC_0031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZZCEscTg-QWWiwgvGywuHtCSVvC6JR5BIBJITZXKWunQifj5nsewHRmyYOC6gU-m0ydz0hy6oCTPvAhQ67wTgySz7gyWeB-Z6FTJwJlIrO-V6RZQUcrkAg3Cf2xPlp2sN98DbMiJoOM/s640/DSC_0031.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgRpXabuMLncXP1FHwdeKZr-j_AWmxqo15ueR0_CQZEDfgxcx9IJEglYBNF_adhKTwrAkjmOXT1VcHdk2VBIgIoe4HvS7-GDSmYYK2isiJOgYXOgV48RvWHYmhy45jCiYsYVqRe4_pSw/s1600/DSC_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgRpXabuMLncXP1FHwdeKZr-j_AWmxqo15ueR0_CQZEDfgxcx9IJEglYBNF_adhKTwrAkjmOXT1VcHdk2VBIgIoe4HvS7-GDSmYYK2isiJOgYXOgV48RvWHYmhy45jCiYsYVqRe4_pSw/s640/DSC_0029.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is our Christmas card. I was going to take a photo of it but haven't gotten to it so instead I will just upload the front, inside and back. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikATxSmpa0N1KM1WKNn3vOentS9Ac81UVzGQjldkEXRnq-dOzt78OFVTuc9qF1RaJPq_J766Oj8nQzFgd10lquRmu9DHFM0KQG1n9TaGhpoLu6N0sodXYixoU8OYEbMsBW4LR-ZZDGekk/s1600/FinalFront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikATxSmpa0N1KM1WKNn3vOentS9Ac81UVzGQjldkEXRnq-dOzt78OFVTuc9qF1RaJPq_J766Oj8nQzFgd10lquRmu9DHFM0KQG1n9TaGhpoLu6N0sodXYixoU8OYEbMsBW4LR-ZZDGekk/s640/FinalFront.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChfSRtyW-Jcy9gPfBDb9bcaUvG4JuNAlMoc7zM6OVmFnbGp_mj9aoj6DMsSYRYy5nnyUWQpyWxuTEca4d4_YjDNjd1xyuOvjG6s6-xTNRJGiZQa_wEY1xvMbajWv0HtS1dHl-0hl4LyM/s1600/InsideofCard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChfSRtyW-Jcy9gPfBDb9bcaUvG4JuNAlMoc7zM6OVmFnbGp_mj9aoj6DMsSYRYy5nnyUWQpyWxuTEca4d4_YjDNjd1xyuOvjG6s6-xTNRJGiZQa_wEY1xvMbajWv0HtS1dHl-0hl4LyM/s640/InsideofCard.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEImHNkePAAyZxiAweB42yEderUn7HHDoBmD4LQVaq_FLkFLlVOyrhF_81j3gi6Wj6z9z765K15zZdyTsOwdmLTT76WXpp3uccpWYbB4TFazv1ygitb9T6juPXYeZiYQJ0-VaTZHJfttw/s1600/FinalBack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEImHNkePAAyZxiAweB42yEderUn7HHDoBmD4LQVaq_FLkFLlVOyrhF_81j3gi6Wj6z9z765K15zZdyTsOwdmLTT76WXpp3uccpWYbB4TFazv1ygitb9T6juPXYeZiYQJ0-VaTZHJfttw/s640/FinalBack.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas to you all from the Holmes Family!!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I hope you all have a blessed Christmas Eve and a beautiful day tomorrow!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV8r7b5N5LlPvp0qwJnBnOoy8gSIzpDlKyvnbyEr6e0GO2M0D3d1eWkoj3UpNHVlu-0EB38oIYr3VwI9IpwrS_MK1sG6LI6oYID5RlwGAUNIcjvKMZL18_BYC-Cs4qkzjQcmDqTU9980/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV8r7b5N5LlPvp0qwJnBnOoy8gSIzpDlKyvnbyEr6e0GO2M0D3d1eWkoj3UpNHVlu-0EB38oIYr3VwI9IpwrS_MK1sG6LI6oYID5RlwGAUNIcjvKMZL18_BYC-Cs4qkzjQcmDqTU9980/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><b></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>PS - Don't forget to scroll down and enter our BIG giveaway!</b></div>

Merry Christmas from the Holmes Family! (Pictures from the Drukes, Carolina, and our Christmas Card)

Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas Eve! We have had busy last few days. We had a wonderful time in Chapel Hill and then a nice easy flight up to New Hampshire where we had a great time last night at Jamie and Josh's Christmas party. I went over yesterday mornin…

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A BIG DEAR LILLIE GIVEAWAY and Some Downloadable Gift Tags!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEwtJM_Cj5TPVlLSAUhTgsOuFbuCK8D6hL4hgUCN2_KivdkRTl-4-DbgNvW5C6GoTsOUSAujwbMwFgk2Su6bPMwauXZmJJkHODFVuZ5VgLlI0h6SKzcxuGDOEuo1gSvEtrjLHrBmU1UU/s1600/DSC_0062-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEwtJM_Cj5TPVlLSAUhTgsOuFbuCK8D6hL4hgUCN2_KivdkRTl-4-DbgNvW5C6GoTsOUSAujwbMwFgk2Su6bPMwauXZmJJkHODFVuZ5VgLlI0h6SKzcxuGDOEuo1gSvEtrjLHrBmU1UU/s640/DSC_0062-copy.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whew! What a week! I am so glad it is over and am so excited about this week!!!! Today Lillie and I head off to Chapel Hill where we are hoping to meet up with some childhood friends for dinner and then off to my aunt and uncle's house where we will spend the night and the day tomorrow before heading over to UNC for the William and Mary vs. Carolina game. Jon and I both went to college there and Jon played basketball there so it will be a little weird rooting against the Tarheels but I think we will manage. We are so excited to bring Lillie to the Smith Center for the first time and show her around and let her see her Daddy's old locker and stuff. The game is on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ESPNU at 7PM Eastern Time</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Tuesday night)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> for any of you that are basketball fans that get ESPNU. If Lillie makes it on TV again this year I hope she will be clapping or cheering and not be busy sulking because I have cut off her supply of M&M's and soda for the night! Then after the game we head back here to crawl in bed for a few hours before heading up to NH! And then yay - our Christmas begins! I am so excited! </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now, onto some decorating (and then after that the giveaway!) I finally got all of our presents wrapped early Sunday morning and then when Lillie went down for her nap after church I started working on tagging them all. I had ordered some really adorable tags from a great little Etsy shop about a month ago but they never arrived. I contacted the seller and she resent them but they still haven't gotten here so I was left scrambling. Once I put Lillie down I was kicking myself because I realized that I was out of almost all of my ribbon and out of most of my colored cardstock! Argggh! And of course because she was napping I couldn't head out to pick anything more up and Jon wasn't going to be home from practice for several more hours. So, I ended up just using what I had which certainly saved a lot of money, however, they didn't end up how I had envisioned them in my head. =(  Normally, I like to use little ornaments or other things to decorate my gifts with but this year because we were going to be shipping almost all of our gifts for our families I just did things REALLY simple. And because I only had an hour  I just used designs I had already done this year (instead of some new ones I had in my head) and printed them out four to a page on some ivory cardstock and then cut them into circles or rectangles and then cut slightly larger circles and rectangles and used double stick tape to stick them together. Then I just punched a tiny hole in the top and that was it! It took just over an hour to do about 30 or so of them so it was a really quick and easy project and the best part - it was FREE! They are definitely NOT my favorite wrapping jobs ever but at least they are done now and all on their way!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Here are just few of them!  I took pictures of the first handful that I finished and then Lillie woke up and helped me with the rest of them. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELQ0DMo-1UZGj8EmWSYkp0EhbJ9DzYAgsh52EA_kZkCi_6eiSJebOMyhKAdnob53oYpRaYxGZCKzEEq_VLS6ha5GWcmjAr_si2Tgta5WnpjN8WwqFIxQp3rU-cAkg3bRPS-aQoCz5um4/s1600/DSC_0002-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELQ0DMo-1UZGj8EmWSYkp0EhbJ9DzYAgsh52EA_kZkCi_6eiSJebOMyhKAdnob53oYpRaYxGZCKzEEq_VLS6ha5GWcmjAr_si2Tgta5WnpjN8WwqFIxQp3rU-cAkg3bRPS-aQoCz5um4/s640/DSC_0002-copy.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJCQFCqc4h_dcMRb7ANbnUCxDZXATocVNzCUGzrAX05X8ZR15RHhl5WgAznX9YxVoJYAIdsoulfAzDGl7Qk5ESvVd7JXjx97VEnzfwb53XcD7BEu_pNfbJHezDO1v8E9-LeFBnXGChbg/s1600/DSC_0025-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJCQFCqc4h_dcMRb7ANbnUCxDZXATocVNzCUGzrAX05X8ZR15RHhl5WgAznX9YxVoJYAIdsoulfAzDGl7Qk5ESvVd7JXjx97VEnzfwb53XcD7BEu_pNfbJHezDO1v8E9-LeFBnXGChbg/s640/DSC_0025-copy.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWgMx6gJb0CgV5oFcEfZ6-57P7Tvxh9vuvptIrR9l-KEOmXKW3f3PGNLHCIKQVbNA94uUFSomatjPky2395Xu5nL4uyY-CpuBLke4XZPGnH-QHjc-D1f2uktj_CmPp6ImbT3HlT9EzEk/s1600/DSC_0050-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWgMx6gJb0CgV5oFcEfZ6-57P7Tvxh9vuvptIrR9l-KEOmXKW3f3PGNLHCIKQVbNA94uUFSomatjPky2395Xu5nL4uyY-CpuBLke4XZPGnH-QHjc-D1f2uktj_CmPp6ImbT3HlT9EzEk/s640/DSC_0050-copy.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUw3uaBpO60IHHk0C1H89BOJT8gpeqkd-h-W9zsmIMaczBPnn3v5nr_jwwQg_f3yTmTDytbMSmLW6RyC1y9FUE2FUIeHZO3WqicabP7ZpXMVEEbJUNvKUVesQ1m3lHjeYCeatN-VanhE/s1600/DSC_0082-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUw3uaBpO60IHHk0C1H89BOJT8gpeqkd-h-W9zsmIMaczBPnn3v5nr_jwwQg_f3yTmTDytbMSmLW6RyC1y9FUE2FUIeHZO3WqicabP7ZpXMVEEbJUNvKUVesQ1m3lHjeYCeatN-VanhE/s640/DSC_0082-copy.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaVx8Dd1HLB59kFrdmgZ2AvTJM9EyyD7aduN6iRYTakQeIfz1tkACE06Bbf3JCsX8wz8ZOuKY7Dt8RDfzYmqOuEXeqHWIjC3n6A5ZgQue1auiY3-NeR2OdJoWtkQ17AaKvJRY2LYPe0w/s1600/DSC_0084-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaVx8Dd1HLB59kFrdmgZ2AvTJM9EyyD7aduN6iRYTakQeIfz1tkACE06Bbf3JCsX8wz8ZOuKY7Dt8RDfzYmqOuEXeqHWIjC3n6A5ZgQue1auiY3-NeR2OdJoWtkQ17AaKvJRY2LYPe0w/s640/DSC_0084-copy.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Once I ran out of all of my ivory scrap ribbon I had to pull out some of this cheetah print - yikes! Haha - I like it for some other things but it was not exactly the look I was going for as far as wrapping Christmas gifts went, but it was all I had left! Time to stock back up on some ribbon!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsheIjK_O4fY3eNuCZkMmErjq8II-uATw3_ZKzfZjQK4GDl2-g7FZMSgTCaD3pFARw9LK11Jh846j_ryO5Z1jcB48bTy-4Yyg31_3Q2XeAHRqxeXKy4dWR-ZobddH3mjNu3FUaEzJ_kU/s1600/DSC_0045-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsheIjK_O4fY3eNuCZkMmErjq8II-uATw3_ZKzfZjQK4GDl2-g7FZMSgTCaD3pFARw9LK11Jh846j_ryO5Z1jcB48bTy-4Yyg31_3Q2XeAHRqxeXKy4dWR-ZobddH3mjNu3FUaEzJ_kU/s640/DSC_0045-copy.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I printed mine straight from Illustrator but I still haven't figured out how to upload PDF Files so I had to save these as JPG's to upload into blogger. I saved them quite large though so they shouldn't be too blurry. Just click on any of the images and they will open larger in another window. I would recommend saving them and then printing them from Preview or whatever program you have that will open JPG's. I just tried doing it that way and they actually printed pretty crisply. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUZ1nv02HeoRCwANYLh8JHzZntgCl1r3znowfs_THHTGh0cnzXScSn98vyuTtKxHyBCeKC0_hSaEE8CMpiy6-2lT5Q8uqGDzZzAJIpXZ9wCfxvcm0gogt6eXXmsFV1dILDoFl_3TkVYU/s1600/SilentNightburgundy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUZ1nv02HeoRCwANYLh8JHzZntgCl1r3znowfs_THHTGh0cnzXScSn98vyuTtKxHyBCeKC0_hSaEE8CMpiy6-2lT5Q8uqGDzZzAJIpXZ9wCfxvcm0gogt6eXXmsFV1dILDoFl_3TkVYU/s320/SilentNightburgundy.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBfRQUEnrg_UE4SXEKP2fGMYTfO6yElaHUTbBpR3DwVp5UQiuYV1-xEnJhBOEBOnwQFex4gq9DPJAvw4EMBcZBqAiKYCtG2hvoFYVgdIblgceWQ_jPQmVPnW7mepwjdDota2rJXg2_mE/s1600/SilentNightBrown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBfRQUEnrg_UE4SXEKP2fGMYTfO6yElaHUTbBpR3DwVp5UQiuYV1-xEnJhBOEBOnwQFex4gq9DPJAvw4EMBcZBqAiKYCtG2hvoFYVgdIblgceWQ_jPQmVPnW7mepwjdDota2rJXg2_mE/s320/SilentNightBrown.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg69IBtaKwxx9nBjWMdQUHUYeEcTOdynNuoEFEsB5wbPh7OebrtjCQTQ8DuzFwlytNqR2pNYiGJVULqd-44V0c6Fwyyq1C86CatI6vCTbsn6jWA1DgB5FB5r6QDxscF22vIweF11b7nls/s1600/FirstNoelGreenCircles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg69IBtaKwxx9nBjWMdQUHUYeEcTOdynNuoEFEsB5wbPh7OebrtjCQTQ8DuzFwlytNqR2pNYiGJVULqd-44V0c6Fwyyq1C86CatI6vCTbsn6jWA1DgB5FB5r6QDxscF22vIweF11b7nls/s320/FirstNoelGreenCircles.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To save on packing and avoiding having to bring things up to NH and then back again, we did our Christmas with Lillie last night. She was so excited to open Curious George and some toys and books but still not so keen on opening clothes! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBVaa6yEIOFBfcIWUzmFG8WdrmYzwH5l63-cI6tAOwtVz0cPFL-urE_3F0CcWD4jvk6MWyC9riDTPTJBlkCkrX9VYP7D9lCN62LYk5h6R3cFw1rwwftU_uMTSXcyIsLxmEw3D4-y0g4Y/s1600/DSC_0096-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBVaa6yEIOFBfcIWUzmFG8WdrmYzwH5l63-cI6tAOwtVz0cPFL-urE_3F0CcWD4jvk6MWyC9riDTPTJBlkCkrX9VYP7D9lCN62LYk5h6R3cFw1rwwftU_uMTSXcyIsLxmEw3D4-y0g4Y/s640/DSC_0096-copy.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Okay, and now onto our GIVEAWAY!!!!!</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We will draw a winner for a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">$75 gift certificate</span> to our shop!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, how can you win?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #282828; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All you have to do is leave a comment on this post!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You don't have to have a blog to enter, either. If you aren't a blogger, just enter a comment and then where it says "comment as" scroll down near the bottom and click on anonymous. However, if you do that, make sure to leave your e-mail address in the comment so that we can contact you if you win! If you have a blog or a profile where we can get your e-mail address then you don't need to worry about that part. If we draw the name of someone who we have no way of contacting we will simply draw a new name.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can comment each day if you would like to up your chances!</span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">For an extra entry become a follower of our blog!</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Just write "follower" as your comment so it counts as an entry.</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We will draw the winner on January 1st and the winner can use their gift certificate once we reopen our shop after the holidays.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV8r7b5N5LlPvp0qwJnBnOoy8gSIzpDlKyvnbyEr6e0GO2M0D3d1eWkoj3UpNHVlu-0EB38oIYr3VwI9IpwrS_MK1sG6LI6oYID5RlwGAUNIcjvKMZL18_BYC-Cs4qkzjQcmDqTU9980/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV8r7b5N5LlPvp0qwJnBnOoy8gSIzpDlKyvnbyEr6e0GO2M0D3d1eWkoj3UpNHVlu-0EB38oIYr3VwI9IpwrS_MK1sG6LI6oYID5RlwGAUNIcjvKMZL18_BYC-Cs4qkzjQcmDqTU9980/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div>

A BIG DEAR LILLIE GIVEAWAY and Some Downloadable Gift Tags!

Whew! What a week! I am so glad it is over and am so excited about this week!!!! Today Lillie and I head off to Chapel Hill where we are hoping to meet up with some childhood friends for dinner and then off to my aunt and uncle's house where we will spend the night and the day tomorrow before headin…

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