A Little Recap of 2013!

I haven't spent much time on my computer this past week but that's because I've been busy working away on another room in our house. First, I got all of our Christmas decorations put away (except for the paperwhites and a couple of wreaths) and then I got to work priming and painting the trim in our other extra bedroom and started on the walls. I am hoping to finish up the walls today and then I can start decorating. I am really excited about the bedding from Ballard Design that is going in that room! And I am on the hunt for a couple of things to add in there but hopefully will have lots of pictures to share soon. And then I am starting on our master bedroom. And our new light fixture for our entryway arrived late yesterday afternoon so I am hoping to get it out of the box and maybe even hung this afternoon. So, it may be a few more days but I should have lots to share with you soon! In the meantime I thought it would do a little obligatory year end wrap up for 2013. I chose a few of my favorite posts/projects from this past year: <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First up, last January we had Jamie's Baby Shower -You can find <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/jamies-nursery-rhyme-themed-baby-shower.html">Part 1</a> here and </b><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/jamies-nursery-rhyme-themed-baby-shower_15.html"><b>Part 2 here:</b></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/jamies-nursery-rhyme-themed-baby-shower.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/jamies-nursery-rhyme-themed-baby-shower.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bqnqMjge9P0trjkIhQXxDkp361EUyx6HdJweiW1CpkBJbkmCUZc4U9PWH6vlguGuPNfiMM9rRub9rJxnHSWqRdAdEzU8NhyKsrbtz4Yvfkr3La-qJkbiZJVJX9s6ieyqqkquVKk0xVE/s640/eNovember_4231.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/jamies-nursery-rhyme-themed-baby-shower_15.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/jamies-nursery-rhyme-themed-baby-shower_15.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwCGO_pJObImfmRZqU2wuhrIvRJChicXnXPwlQAAlERlAUNnqALeTY6AigLWrPwXOscx2vo-qHq8CRUuPQeUGJgRDc96k6O-6YMhFNAZq6zKecI78hY_ZD78FhzxzpY7Z1EzVo-7bbAbQ/s640/eNovember_4184.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwCLZEPw9kaDZ890BsDOITFKMyRFoMOkRi3s-xFDGIBZ8wSMT-9AT6ARMnQTwmZYRMfdVKnx2EzDWskTu5XL8dqaI3TULyADit9qba8On5QcEoVC6-TJAH4YwGyx4rppmEM71id2ARaM/s1600/hNovember_4123.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwCLZEPw9kaDZ890BsDOITFKMyRFoMOkRi3s-xFDGIBZ8wSMT-9AT6ARMnQTwmZYRMfdVKnx2EzDWskTu5XL8dqaI3TULyADit9qba8On5QcEoVC6-TJAH4YwGyx4rppmEM71id2ARaM/s640/hNovember_4123.png" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In February we offered our <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/i-love-you-our-first-handwritten.html">first chalkboard download</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"> and print</a> in our shop:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/i-love-you-our-first-handwritten.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/i-love-you-our-first-handwritten.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUwE6TTb4XoeiJw3w-rjhm-2JxF0BGMptyyL9tiEOA36AGpYO49PJrMbE-msPfWlNbeR2M-RVAc7BC0BSViJ-d8AKLuquZ_qOO7khDy9xwxOnZaOL8GMEdVrPT1ot63EcuUGJwqdI9kE/s640/lJanuary_830.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>and had a little tutorial for making these fun <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/mini-valentines-cake-tutorial-with-love.html">Valentine's mini cakes</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/mini-valentines-cake-tutorial-with-love.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/mini-valentines-cake-tutorial-with-love.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HpBOSfnBq8YHtK9D8XySSLJsnrhEGYPj0SQV65qq_31VAtsc3hpPeGOxDvwJXk7UkVqgQlvAaFi9OEUGpnDIO4POxENBTepuNEHm0jS1UvDH8znLVxsMzEb6IZScWNhwrNUgn2GWhKU/s640/ffffJanuary_1673.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>and some <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/our-valentines-decorating.html">Valentine's decorating</a>: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/our-valentines-decorating.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/our-valentines-decorating.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyzDNzwUQcS2sY51OPCQ2cjAiDUFdKSb3LkO1x4x8UlkrIbdkBKth4Zmcl1Rw0gAc5c-kdUL-nE9J-KX8WIWSw0q7Hm1Eu2tGFGEgw2sS88J9aHydt__ks36G9PxrufX8ul896aTmqmg/s640/fJanuary_1486.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In March we had fun with a <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/spring-tablescape-and-dining-room-its.html">Spring Tablescape</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/spring-tablescape-and-dining-room-its.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/spring-tablescape-and-dining-room-its.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Vnu6AtJJk7xspPbCFNgM-4DBfm8yQR1ufhmSJgO2wsrvCG-rFrKMPyBqvp0Q1liHGCgAdt4xqF8pIoSYFSmA_S05jA5lYb8IHVsnLoCmv3v5bbV_MpB4H0emLh2sY5LEymS0xpTM4S0/s640/hFebruary_1133.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>then in April we shared some <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/living-room.html">updates in our living room</a> at our last house:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/living-room.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/living-room.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXuQ_lCbwDs7pjvFSC730K_b01XBesdwMbGYVScyd5ZGoMV-Y4g_-MqNl5HWt2LjNFVijA1ExtTTnjT1BNzGtpLbqniMq23TL6ZThyphenhyphenPHpbfWs-8735Nhl5sRq4uRNYVLJzq5Rnj1pd6k/s640/March_1494.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In May we featured baby <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/everlys-nursery.html">Everly's nursery</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null">:</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/everlys-nursery.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/everlys-nursery.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8TlcYzkg_RIQalE1UtHC9Bx-AIskH9kVrKv2cSu9lP_cpFX-DeyZQo1-TOw-X4QUxJGsRKU_EVaKLOGAOpABKIRPQzsxZY_CPFATzFVfRLFvdtydgCL7FhFGE2cqCOUWBA4d2X8Itnk/s640/eMarch_3274.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/everlys-nursery.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/everlys-nursery.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdNN5kJFHI4pCKEND_qr7SzP2cuB57TJG61_f4cH8JawUC9BJ0I49X_h3nLJFr4jfkrd3zBsxykZu6EDQQqwkn4sc9F7yJ7rG1KEkol02dZ-EhtU0N78f5rtK0mChuVN8bm_7vljGqGE/s640/eMarch_3346.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/everlys-nursery.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/everlys-nursery.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrKB3lC1VZUQca0Bi0yAp3psCQyAg5pr9GoJT0ExoGtTwfUL9OGsPLHrDvdSeag2Xj1HbIl699bAGm1ZuVf9j8DIupEXh1cibvi6wH2-_n3dnp4n0ZW9_ApledvqwIsnceDbz-QFXDY4/s640/eMarch_3446.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In June, we said good-bye to our home that we had lived in for the last five years and gave a <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/final-tour-of-our-townhome.html">final tour:</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/final-tour-of-our-townhome.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/final-tour-of-our-townhome.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3-I79djzhkrxpu9rHYQQcsOLWiflALf43_5TRrQnWJkh5Mn7w0b3UUjERnypf0JJaJzAGSKstNFY63Pjjfi-m54Zr5_xuRvIl-qpHdoepBMXx2ewvEzF_JzIWfHh4X-Bv_wUrA0e2QM/s640/xxMarch_2074.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>and we also had fun joining Jennifer Rizzo and several other bloggers for a <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/day-3-one-room-three-ways.html">1 Room, 3 Ways</a> event:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/day-3-one-room-three-ways.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/day-3-one-room-three-ways.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJ0Szd004El1yraAAQeUzk7Qnrn2ss4J5FcDvEVC8Wd9GqAFINqfxOLR1rfDzU4UfcmTbmF11Bj0LqWxwygQcAtVMBI1oet2BqwSUeIqfVzAx4fHMBAmoyxvQiNgGoje7arjnlXhSjZo/s640/vMarch_1734.png" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>then in July I gave you a little tour of the <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-new-house-upstairs-before-pictures.html">upstairs</a> and <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-new-house-downstairs-before-pictures.html">downstairs</a> of our new house (full of very dated before shots!) and shared some photos of<a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-parents-guest-bedroom.html"> my parent's guest bedroom</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-parents-guest-bedroom.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-parents-guest-bedroom.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxA5FxbV-v_ju1iW-zYnjHZWguveivJpmEr0f6gqLzWGxS1CIqulP4DJEyEbOH7iVNZrA_IYMSmhkQw54iYmTDYt7X-GNDmSitGhjvv4J2KX9Z5hJQ3BZBoop0AYQQrlpltCEH8Wnsmpw/s640/iMay_1393.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In August I shared the progress we made in <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/jasons-kitchen-and-dining-room-progress.html">Jason's kitchen</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/jasons-kitchen-and-dining-room-progress.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/jasons-kitchen-and-dining-room-progress.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0XX0t0KxAvFo5ruxLs922UDfMM2lkZFQ_oklsuCCquy085yZTFkKuMIPhpNi6enJMatWvKvvXGclqA-1LX_irZ75KHLnk-o7HbcrjcRtG8SbE8tQgBGpHw-FSHF7GX_dtZKjmfFxv_E/s640/bJuly_540.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In September we shared quite a few things from <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/lillie-and-lolas-new-room-not-quite.html">Lillie and Lola's new room:</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/lillie-and-lolas-new-room-not-quite.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/lillie-and-lolas-new-room-not-quite.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrjJuEXQ0ShrJ4ZRrmkSpHkxGG5DZKCiOF_Lvbf8qBhsW-W4hOJUB57Ev30peeTfNTD47X_-DMrrCGKlpx3WwH9qv0pmMmzl7hzsLYLm4iqBDN8UuctqFPBlRMbHnApn4feHJtouLLVw/s640/jbeforeafter3.png" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span id="goog_142423798"></span><span id="goog_142423799"></span>to our<a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/our-kitchen-makeover-on-budget-phase-1.html"> kitchen makeover on a budget</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/our-kitchen-makeover-on-budget-phase-1.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/our-kitchen-makeover-on-budget-phase-1.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D2m9HANM_ZrSb-QkqNBAfb1N5lchq_Vdr9YbtBkkNzNM2JvnvnK5BVd0oAqiOi3HOOzn9_2v9J7g_I_mvKfBtZlv-Wu97SAJCaK6AX3Qog8tZ3cXlwF3Eixkr9uLz2s2g33sCt4Qikw/s640/DBeforeAfter3b.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>and also <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-parents-kitchen.html">my parent's new kitchen</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-parents-kitchen.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-parents-kitchen.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdyVX9ydD3obYoMX2Vts_Zto-cZ_b6PoH4nfkrng-0AdVnbEh2vKAdDQdMzGhFO0VIDL8LUPt5K0cQt2qdXJ2OI_B1fSK7hyUVoqgZH71h-EupEAfmHqfiDcsX1h563wqbZYe_QmJeSA/s640/lJuly_12.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Then in October we had several other rooms we made progress in. First more projects got finished up in <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/an-oversized-chalkboard-and-bench-in.html">the kitchen</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/an-oversized-chalkboard-and-bench-in.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/an-oversized-chalkboard-and-bench-in.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvYyIh7IsyahQWG1I2XZ1syu-1jTt1q3QAdmYsa4w0viSO55xPqfAflSRSzjBewc0TT5IhyphenhyphenGUswzM1kLVyNs4_52J2wJREZaDcet0ktZLo_mDjZ7AVEIhtLgiWl_TFyuhyphenhyphenmYefl2SDQ8/s640/aDBeforeAfter2b.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/an-oversized-chalkboard-and-bench-in.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/an-oversized-chalkboard-and-bench-in.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMQFJb2wb8jOPeHcm94MenveZHJ58ewtI4z_3F4uUJrX1Dlfad8TvV2w9cfnotKsqZgKqy30NugPOnprJONJzLQ1Sk_yKvJZH7B8vQhmpnFvICkxzHTnIRC8-UuFbCiK2C6QdMga1VLs/s640/aJuly_2412.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And we mostly finished up <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-finally-have-rug-our-finished-family.html">our family room</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-finally-have-rug-our-finished-family.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-finally-have-rug-our-finished-family.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoMzBm2XyJkrL9eSvujScPQxmtkGksWOzm33qzTgnUcFj05SHZQxE-TT-X_yTjza4KTETw4Ipeqjo4806252ADcMavaaUrYEPmJAP21WOsmvKNa0t0MRAWbkjHWHrAGdmuRtuDxsB5xI/s640/gNBeforeAFter.png" width="450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And made progress in our <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/progress-in-our-powder-room-before-and.html">powder room</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/progress-in-our-powder-room-before-and.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/progress-in-our-powder-room-before-and.html" border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUI8AdDBPp0zdrSoD0qpo3ADOLkeqm49NmTmJMdCDRCYYgGZRCN6fMkGhauNRlavK1I0GO_osnxgb3UQbUdJpowaodsx8AHvnZn2mlrx2IOin4nejMHsLxWcy8-WIYPW4dqLUuL9oU_fU/s640/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Then in November we made our Roman Shade for the kitchen to finish of Part 1 (we are going to be replacing the counters, adding a farmhouse sink and new faucet and a new backsplash for Part 2  - hopefully pretty soon!)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiCdBT2m1eenQtEQe8H4qu86DlMcU9rI9-mvLMO95S5kC2DHK_08Agmk1Kug776uRAFOojY-m92nvhb7d_80jAAngA4-tqPxdrV-Gj8APeQshjNxyhGhBNzSwCKp3zmMT2jkYB9aHJZA/s1600/DeforeandAfter5b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiCdBT2m1eenQtEQe8H4qu86DlMcU9rI9-mvLMO95S5kC2DHK_08Agmk1Kug776uRAFOojY-m92nvhb7d_80jAAngA4-tqPxdrV-Gj8APeQshjNxyhGhBNzSwCKp3zmMT2jkYB9aHJZA/s640/DeforeandAfter5b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And we started decorating for Christmas and introduced some <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-played-my-drum-for-hima-little-red-in.html">canvases</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-played-my-drum-for-hima-little-red-in.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-played-my-drum-for-hima-little-red-in.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyKIZdGcGvSRKMmUGh1tlyc9fxBcZIwxpIzK4G4hXum7OiXiAzkMiwjh5IB313kMf8NE2h_pmFrtuqvAzPiO-D3DY_GTLDLBXeEUdGH9BoQ3iISsFY2I6p8iKZIfmDkxSqhspoK966hk/s640/lJuly_4346.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In December we shared our dining room <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-christmas-table-setting.html">all decorated for Christmas</a>:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-christmas-table-setting.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-christmas-table-setting.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk0b9D1pf5jP9XLGPPiQ4V1QX3qNfuojRkaifsVkh8JUoKCHCdJct_19C_BUM-NnvmHObhWDry0xkVMIH2b4nnKsJCieBqcabyhS3GB5RSCKzEpPntgFUIpt0KVRWWNfLZIm-rsHHk9M/s640/qJuly_5351.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And made over our <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-guest-bedroom.html">guest room:</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-guest-bedroom.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-guest-bedroom.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KOE5hodNhyphenhyphenpokFV7V_9D8QZO0XJPDRHnX5ucJav__kaW8YReS-_UYeN0GjrDQ1-EM7zQ_apiifaJ_zUmJjnjawuySwEjR40Nkps1ct0XvN5Y8G-RtP8i-B-Gby6A7P5yfz7SHMWggg8/s640/ofoBeforeAFter.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>and gave our <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-christmas-house-tour.html">Christmas House Tour:</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-christmas-house-tour.html"><img alt="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-christmas-house-tour.html" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssAMKYsg13u19XcnS92BPNLlysT4dITITRununvYmSBeo7-ffGLy_bQc17Pdz7MY82IEFhX4zR1fFSvcuPkUH4vzS8PmpZ257Da9U-ELWOKskdTVdE55F3pG-4Rqs2W697ATdWoHOduo/s640/aJuly_4179.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />We also wanted to introduce our newest sponsor, <a href="http://www.delightfulmomstuff.com/">Delightful Mom Stuff</a> by Jenica who is an event planner!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.delightfulmomstuff.com/"><img alt="http://www.delightfulmomstuff.com/" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVTZPPcF5rhCzGpVwxUkxAnY4tGg2OBgtKRJde1gjq0tMBTsPtBAWcFshpCHiXU9FYQ5Azj0z3-SZ9mdVubwOfTzTtPHic3P80O3H14tiq9b4wutrsTjLfewtxHsm3yV2wTEl3M0qiZo/s1600/Attachment-1.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Be sure to head on over and check out her page!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A Little Recap of 2013!

I haven't spent much time on my computer this past week but that's because I've been busy working away on another room in our house. First, I got all of our Christmas decorations put away (except for the paperwhites and a couple of wreaths) and then I got to work priming and painting the trim in our…

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Merry Christmas From the Holmes Family

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We just wanted to pop in and wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I thought I would share our 2013 Christmas Card along with our ones from the last few years with you today:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the front of this year's card:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIKME9lVH56aqg6Tk_5mj2xktlGECGnhVymR2SNt_dgEXFRgoOrsiChxl974kjP2pBqgJiSZcD6p2g1CDDuteIdHip5uaFfbs5hIHlVMFhv9pZMUseZsN_COWBx2gUR7iIHm_H81gXKo/s1600/wFINALChristmas-Card-2013withtext.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIKME9lVH56aqg6Tk_5mj2xktlGECGnhVymR2SNt_dgEXFRgoOrsiChxl974kjP2pBqgJiSZcD6p2g1CDDuteIdHip5uaFfbs5hIHlVMFhv9pZMUseZsN_COWBx2gUR7iIHm_H81gXKo/s640/wFINALChristmas-Card-2013withtext.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;">Inside: </div><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/AVvXsEjYm49QDn0PFMqpcxdGcjAFl9qiSVfWE2GYCN7fl1mN2it1BX_axQ3tS_zeWe8FiNW_ptr5NIHzHcCPd66h8M3kP5rXX15DRgVMJnUJ9e8GljiHwrwTq-ZV02NRukSRRI8zh9gl0DV6a5w/s1600/wchristmascard2013inside1FLATtext.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYm49QDn0PFMqpcxdGcjAFl9qiSVfWE2GYCN7fl1mN2it1BX_axQ3tS_zeWe8FiNW_ptr5NIHzHcCPd66h8M3kP5rXX15DRgVMJnUJ9e8GljiHwrwTq-ZV02NRukSRRI8zh9gl0DV6a5w/s1600/wchristmascard2013inside1FLATtext.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Back: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSZsN3obxBLporQ3TPBbpRslC57CrSmTpk6ZXumKiO5ad3laFbJZtG0DzGob5cfYeYWTmK5PyAIky8Jm_kWELJv2mvggW3KczoyOY-B_ZR6dJpcB4dtRvwNWQDTr_-h45qGlAPLIvD5U/s1600/wFINALChristmas-Card-2013withtext2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSZsN3obxBLporQ3TPBbpRslC57CrSmTpk6ZXumKiO5ad3laFbJZtG0DzGob5cfYeYWTmK5PyAIky8Jm_kWELJv2mvggW3KczoyOY-B_ZR6dJpcB4dtRvwNWQDTr_-h45qGlAPLIvD5U/s640/wFINALChristmas-Card-2013withtext2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> And here is our 2012 card:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIty728g6aXruZuoVQp7vbxIH-FHDaEE2y4FtgeAEjcN5bzmbI88YuP1JXtWP77KrBHski18Y6tKfV3q-nYBl81OdGVDRDtCfC_zrp6T_uB7AabtxtaQyOPovC7hNT-9HCESqS9zVeiOc/s1600/2012FINALFRONTAllisonsOrchard.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIty728g6aXruZuoVQp7vbxIH-FHDaEE2y4FtgeAEjcN5bzmbI88YuP1JXtWP77KrBHski18Y6tKfV3q-nYBl81OdGVDRDtCfC_zrp6T_uB7AabtxtaQyOPovC7hNT-9HCESqS9zVeiOc/s640/2012FINALFRONTAllisonsOrchard.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Inside:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiaWapa4ycIbNLTRFq4UNs-zWbkykKS2tk7SMGcQPOoeXcTYyFyboJ4t7IJAe2sHQh54Iu5TGeJkdhbHV1ptwEnVWcBo0XMuMpn4L7xeLS6XMtOuSHqg3yD_gqQmrq8zEzkWrBAaSb8w/s1600/2012FINALINSIDE2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiaWapa4ycIbNLTRFq4UNs-zWbkykKS2tk7SMGcQPOoeXcTYyFyboJ4t7IJAe2sHQh54Iu5TGeJkdhbHV1ptwEnVWcBo0XMuMpn4L7xeLS6XMtOuSHqg3yD_gqQmrq8zEzkWrBAaSb8w/s1600/2012FINALINSIDE2.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Back: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxy458W_sLmc69U2j9WJaG4ZGyH20ULo3ejk4af_QeIwoSmdxfJ0UW2jX_M6HcU-ZWuSSyOdbIHAX00VsLZHJAd6CXpsjt797uicW4LsZfA_WR6XVmz1VLqxFTeHrXmt5xC2MR41RybCA/s1600/2012FINALFRONTAllisonsOrchardback.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxy458W_sLmc69U2j9WJaG4ZGyH20ULo3ejk4af_QeIwoSmdxfJ0UW2jX_M6HcU-ZWuSSyOdbIHAX00VsLZHJAd6CXpsjt797uicW4LsZfA_WR6XVmz1VLqxFTeHrXmt5xC2MR41RybCA/s640/2012FINALFRONTAllisonsOrchardback.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> And our 2011 card:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIIGm7HxO9SCd9rjR8LiWKhItnt9eRKalIQR45PmQhxKAQcIYQiWDnNbFVATWwwDW_E84M07JwqQQwL0x84TxEXTPWBpMwBL20jm1j1C898Fa7n149CWZWyK-LJwUE4bZdU-r0iZJHSE/s1600/wmChristmasCardFRONT.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIIGm7HxO9SCd9rjR8LiWKhItnt9eRKalIQR45PmQhxKAQcIYQiWDnNbFVATWwwDW_E84M07JwqQQwL0x84TxEXTPWBpMwBL20jm1j1C898Fa7n149CWZWyK-LJwUE4bZdU-r0iZJHSE/s640/wmChristmasCardFRONT.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Inside: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TVqpDYE8s62iHRai-1nQcFUFsosozmC5BkjhmIh4d7lr3CfBtwy9hwgyAKpppqdljbf2syJe3ezmFGzlSTZjqI9NNqxLhpOExFjjGmn1H4n5XWtIVZwh18zpmjofvr2ztlQHQxdE_ig/s1600/wChristmasCardINSIDE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TVqpDYE8s62iHRai-1nQcFUFsosozmC5BkjhmIh4d7lr3CfBtwy9hwgyAKpppqdljbf2syJe3ezmFGzlSTZjqI9NNqxLhpOExFjjGmn1H4n5XWtIVZwh18zpmjofvr2ztlQHQxdE_ig/s1600/wChristmasCardINSIDE.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Back:  </div><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/AVvXsEgn_BuRixbORUTrl5zKP7CJzJOGrpcKhf9Mj4Rh9DcWeW3NprpClVWn_J__1zzHomr0UCqwKg26KlE_-vmgBr2G8v33cSJE8vgMtG8nxdMlc8tmydRHNfGCJm69lrKrm5Alqlzd9fedJcU/s1600/wmChristmasCardBACK.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_BuRixbORUTrl5zKP7CJzJOGrpcKhf9Mj4Rh9DcWeW3NprpClVWn_J__1zzHomr0UCqwKg26KlE_-vmgBr2G8v33cSJE8vgMtG8nxdMlc8tmydRHNfGCJm69lrKrm5Alqlzd9fedJcU/s640/wmChristmasCardBACK.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> and lastly our 2010 card:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBKNgA-P-P9W4yqAgQqSkNmj17jS4EhR5P79uLYxGxPPpKq7pPlZYhEpGCQlimUrmDv-t2gWlgmjGjcwytRQAXGMpDCB1By9-dboJYBtkKD5EDbw4l1CzGSDGOzevoM4KPlkrkjjh2-E/s1600/wFinalFront.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBKNgA-P-P9W4yqAgQqSkNmj17jS4EhR5P79uLYxGxPPpKq7pPlZYhEpGCQlimUrmDv-t2gWlgmjGjcwytRQAXGMpDCB1By9-dboJYBtkKD5EDbw4l1CzGSDGOzevoM4KPlkrkjjh2-E/s640/wFinalFront.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Inside: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7koPUNbRw1F5Ol0zh4LEu2knKb1l9e2gFBtdvXets6QYl0x1Vbotp6sflZ61YwgcqokyKW9ahbjDlCdMF9pokelZJoCTQ1VgSmKmmq5wh36vC4kFbfOs44npbznLeztAK2I6Tchyphenhyphenz1I/s1600/wInsideofCard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7koPUNbRw1F5Ol0zh4LEu2knKb1l9e2gFBtdvXets6QYl0x1Vbotp6sflZ61YwgcqokyKW9ahbjDlCdMF9pokelZJoCTQ1VgSmKmmq5wh36vC4kFbfOs44npbznLeztAK2I6Tchyphenhyphenz1I/s1600/wInsideofCard.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Back: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEhkPD02g6g3Gvg2dr2adYGKbFaWGtrwgI8xPnSqjlgOzDccnWYr8GKCUZwbNjecG9J3JH6L8Gn0FXfIvfp9wYajbEDmAQmVdB7ZL1sFeTK8oWVajmqogs2Wd1W7wt-FgZi-OcKdM8yMONc/s1600/wFinalBack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPD02g6g3Gvg2dr2adYGKbFaWGtrwgI8xPnSqjlgOzDccnWYr8GKCUZwbNjecG9J3JH6L8Gn0FXfIvfp9wYajbEDmAQmVdB7ZL1sFeTK8oWVajmqogs2Wd1W7wt-FgZi-OcKdM8yMONc/s640/wFinalBack.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Merry Christmas!  <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUI7mItE_YrJc15WQ5B2wCgtlKAATt0Fdefsrs5hVilBOVrgKWBtFBfEAfkX8THn-kwYv7FqKACNthDKTyWi064CwhcU6y0VBdJXiTZmTAuwSuQTuBy_w8Kqj3B8UBPq3fW_tSoc6V-pI/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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Merry Christmas From the Holmes Family

We just wanted to pop in and wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I thought I would share our 2013 Christmas Card along with our ones from the last few years with you today:Here is the front of this year's card: Inside: Back:  And here is our 2012 card:Inside:Back:  And our 2011 card:Inside: Back:  …

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One Last Christmas Decorating Post...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEiwTWpthOJ6z6zMYoPncEDiPPLyS4dC95KWxdANylljZq-h2Eg0-C1zhyphenhyphenvGSKlMWyHnUD8uyajS_RMvo4kFmZw_FlliCWNHLGPZwC-RJHnMLuqhKimNNLLbrNcAIyuNlqjrXcW6g3kG0HU/s1600/vDSC_2854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTWpthOJ6z6zMYoPncEDiPPLyS4dC95KWxdANylljZq-h2Eg0-C1zhyphenhyphenvGSKlMWyHnUD8uyajS_RMvo4kFmZw_FlliCWNHLGPZwC-RJHnMLuqhKimNNLLbrNcAIyuNlqjrXcW6g3kG0HU/s640/vDSC_2854.jpg" width="436" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am going to try to squeeze one last post in here before Christmas! I took these pictures a little while ago but then I had some trouble with my card reader and couldn't get them onto my computer.  Fortunately, it's all fixed now.  Anyway, here are some photos of our kitchen decorated for Christmas:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjmSUULJ1i7leUWKbCAk9bgXonkA4WNaO1HXNeeXOLEUcNOG32vZO8O_6hczlmOs_NIdcj_5NbIj8IZP6nfaD9cdZoVtSjIA27pUxgbvm3p6scb8YWmeGmPvkTYXlCz9N_McnfisgUxY/s640/vDSC_2851.jpg" width="436" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hot chocolate mugs were an anniversary gift several years ago from <a href="http://www.burdickchocolate.com/Default.aspx">Burdicks</a>.  </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/AVvXsEhjXwkgDK2yq66K9QW7wulrk2mm0FvLT_DydioylkhYgPXjynUBLgdf6aMO6J0TbUO7dWMxEqQWOtIatRhoOAPXrso112YrYmmQf1LQexMOIVSj3_Q14ZQ0oCC8F08NQuLpkE1xKZp35wY/s1600/vDSC_2847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXwkgDK2yq66K9QW7wulrk2mm0FvLT_DydioylkhYgPXjynUBLgdf6aMO6J0TbUO7dWMxEqQWOtIatRhoOAPXrso112YrYmmQf1LQexMOIVSj3_Q14ZQ0oCC8F08NQuLpkE1xKZp35wY/s640/vDSC_2847.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;">I added some new words to this chalkboard platter from my mother-in-law: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYCNBDCvsMotavrpUrzmHpZ1tI_gWBxeZfypRMaWevPy2FQje0OwkKTjJwQUToIv4XXPEQNo8WSvsD0LEzruh9TnBSE_tkZZZSihOPdTJ1t15R1FDOpdNlxxv4G8kmgSlZct_9XEinSU/s1600/vDSC_2864.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYCNBDCvsMotavrpUrzmHpZ1tI_gWBxeZfypRMaWevPy2FQje0OwkKTjJwQUToIv4XXPEQNo8WSvsD0LEzruh9TnBSE_tkZZZSihOPdTJ1t15R1FDOpdNlxxv4G8kmgSlZct_9XEinSU/s640/vDSC_2864.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;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhBbsB2WkRCx8x-a2V0tKqquLRHRifK0rCgIGvGfLDV8SVkN_PZstpHNTL2E6B1zR-lQrWcwxAPL-I3ocvUWq_bhzdJ7yG9jElvV9OEkUX795d7bcOny6s2bj0rU3WfamcMIsBcUrh-g/s640/vDSC_2823.jpg" width="436" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_1xksrnNUa1SpYa3J5cGyDZjCd5QmR6lYa_VjQUWVRCPlnybzUUaQpOPhoYUTk2MLs3cGAmFlz2VcBVyDD1jicTKUOEPXtm7xh16Wnn3252s6QlGM6gv3y2bXe9zQGz90ElX1xCD7jU/s1600/vDSC_2901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_1xksrnNUa1SpYa3J5cGyDZjCd5QmR6lYa_VjQUWVRCPlnybzUUaQpOPhoYUTk2MLs3cGAmFlz2VcBVyDD1jicTKUOEPXtm7xh16Wnn3252s6QlGM6gv3y2bXe9zQGz90ElX1xCD7jU/s640/vDSC_2901.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Love these little trees from Trader Joe's:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSm3ie-Uc0fl3o5vIh-L69etdo3b2HW9A44z-Axit99Lm5NYFjT4u73WnLk4X4Go-lbztWP1rVOfhHhgOoTiCeTyrL83BYfmaRXW25Z_XnIYYPhyUV4j36drpQkGHyY6fzaajx8kiyjg/s1600/vDSC_2933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSm3ie-Uc0fl3o5vIh-L69etdo3b2HW9A44z-Axit99Lm5NYFjT4u73WnLk4X4Go-lbztWP1rVOfhHhgOoTiCeTyrL83BYfmaRXW25Z_XnIYYPhyUV4j36drpQkGHyY6fzaajx8kiyjg/s640/vDSC_2933.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I haven't actually tried it yet - I just love the way it's packaged. =) <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSGZXL3-Eo4Rj8C55c2uv_nQRpmiCf8COI_Tb7Z_TuSL6cP8K-5hlFblsfLg-ubqVlP_VfwTLJx5Pjbn-MFYTXc-qhSvgjgD7AljA80LuHfG4o3oeiOAiKlSlI8NRMyOy3t0RolkJKVc/s1600/vDSC_2915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSGZXL3-Eo4Rj8C55c2uv_nQRpmiCf8COI_Tb7Z_TuSL6cP8K-5hlFblsfLg-ubqVlP_VfwTLJx5Pjbn-MFYTXc-qhSvgjgD7AljA80LuHfG4o3oeiOAiKlSlI8NRMyOy3t0RolkJKVc/s640/vDSC_2915.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jjEVzMb1Nd9RlMz7vtl-reUUCztcp0e1QhZ6UnSSuWX8z0SA86wBEfqqqWwpcvFeriFJgNfRoZIS7sVQsAbiu5JeM43uogO1ZZhd36qFajFxusHRli6qZrfpR59NJlk41M1nYXXfiI4/s1600/vDSC_2926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jjEVzMb1Nd9RlMz7vtl-reUUCztcp0e1QhZ6UnSSuWX8z0SA86wBEfqqqWwpcvFeriFJgNfRoZIS7sVQsAbiu5JeM43uogO1ZZhd36qFajFxusHRli6qZrfpR59NJlk41M1nYXXfiI4/s640/vDSC_2926.jpg" width="436" /></a></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/AVvXsEimO5nIfDKtXJc7xN05gYnJPfUf3OOvnTcLmQN9kvKIGqdwk5U6xcLjvNCtrIFR_VI4ScBctM9mxT0cwH1tBFVR3rw5nzDyrqqcskxe8QBjXi9xLDa9O5XtqVa1rdJElrl2HCUJ0XGp5xA/s1600/vDSC_2894.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimO5nIfDKtXJc7xN05gYnJPfUf3OOvnTcLmQN9kvKIGqdwk5U6xcLjvNCtrIFR_VI4ScBctM9mxT0cwH1tBFVR3rw5nzDyrqqcskxe8QBjXi9xLDa9O5XtqVa1rdJElrl2HCUJ0XGp5xA/s640/vDSC_2894.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE37qECzbe89MhZqUf7fqM5_883ISzKuUXNkcSQs8OgjB1V_hO3DB2E6I1ecPCo6d26AhwQMOyIKzU5R2RJCKk18Oh8p6_rRmCZAct0vmegnBqLSxwA_LI26SVPQPnSGhlK0NZCaF-EHw/s1600/vDSC_2888.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE37qECzbe89MhZqUf7fqM5_883ISzKuUXNkcSQs8OgjB1V_hO3DB2E6I1ecPCo6d26AhwQMOyIKzU5R2RJCKk18Oh8p6_rRmCZAct0vmegnBqLSxwA_LI26SVPQPnSGhlK0NZCaF-EHw/s640/vDSC_2888.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuzdyd6dEqb3mV2gMol6qBzj4kH-Dx8xE-v4V7VflxQ2e9phzD8KxTN_QY6WpAv2CjVY4NkwhI0K4RmAZku5HmxtjgCyT0whCiKfloeIrhpLUpH_5e477vPlx00m3rKonfZnJ8Fvwbj4/s1600/vDSC_2887.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuzdyd6dEqb3mV2gMol6qBzj4kH-Dx8xE-v4V7VflxQ2e9phzD8KxTN_QY6WpAv2CjVY4NkwhI0K4RmAZku5HmxtjgCyT0whCiKfloeIrhpLUpH_5e477vPlx00m3rKonfZnJ8Fvwbj4/s640/vDSC_2887.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />I took this right after we first started getting Christmas cards in the mail. We've had to add more string and have quite a bit more than that so it doesn't look nearly so neat and tidy hanging from the curtain rod now. =) <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEjSshdD68o07-SBh4s0OdR2eXTgPGwhbJ5xeOdDwVk0yk5QD_EtijJ8acLiGITX-qRdvjyz-x80RbdxYF-FsPBBlI-emgUSjoOB1JagcZpFIzgHz43fqnrjpqRPibQfNwRPJBUW-Zrv_aQ/s1600/vDSC_2877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSshdD68o07-SBh4s0OdR2eXTgPGwhbJ5xeOdDwVk0yk5QD_EtijJ8acLiGITX-qRdvjyz-x80RbdxYF-FsPBBlI-emgUSjoOB1JagcZpFIzgHz43fqnrjpqRPibQfNwRPJBUW-Zrv_aQ/s640/vDSC_2877.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEgzimtmJPscthPxCI-mVwq-i9MdMve4WReN9YZ2tqySxtDmn1ACzRCZ6BrgdstZHfFLMqMS-FcGeg-e-T7EmwYBQIgZ4tJ99_oy3o_VlbTbLLWzLBiUj7U5gf_vJWZGKm42so6j2l6Oxw4/s1600/vDSC_2896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzimtmJPscthPxCI-mVwq-i9MdMve4WReN9YZ2tqySxtDmn1ACzRCZ6BrgdstZHfFLMqMS-FcGeg-e-T7EmwYBQIgZ4tJ99_oy3o_VlbTbLLWzLBiUj7U5gf_vJWZGKm42so6j2l6Oxw4/s640/vDSC_2896.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEiptlbQjEbxOzzg2MAo63rK0bvOSlsXZq_Dl58p7slXwSz-U6bTYkl624b9EThAT1ncM6vy5XEOPE5p6vIdX1eWumPtMpIXhAi87JeOvJ9iRvTh5Xnc-CVd6-ea9mvaugrJ_xRJgymIm9w/s1600/vDSC_2911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptlbQjEbxOzzg2MAo63rK0bvOSlsXZq_Dl58p7slXwSz-U6bTYkl624b9EThAT1ncM6vy5XEOPE5p6vIdX1eWumPtMpIXhAi87JeOvJ9iRvTh5Xnc-CVd6-ea9mvaugrJ_xRJgymIm9w/s640/vDSC_2911.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVp16oBhSLd-GSySev_-EmlbjLG_icVs6fIgbj2OIu18h04mgoQzrnVkMLoIxg3ExP31rG0ZrHe4aYXuHBueZX4dU1j9U2htvVJ2CBb24aHLD3Ra8guHgnlLAvZn3c7MtpZujValN7WM/s1600/vDSC_2913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVp16oBhSLd-GSySev_-EmlbjLG_icVs6fIgbj2OIu18h04mgoQzrnVkMLoIxg3ExP31rG0ZrHe4aYXuHBueZX4dU1j9U2htvVJ2CBb24aHLD3Ra8guHgnlLAvZn3c7MtpZujValN7WM/s640/vDSC_2913.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text Isa-9-6" id="en-NIV-17836">"For unto us a child is born,</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> un</span><span class="text Isa-9-6">to us a son is given,</span></span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-9-6">and the government will be upon His shoulders.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-6">And He will be called</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-9-6">Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,</span></span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-9-6">Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."</span></span></span></span></b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-9-7"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Isaiah 9: 6</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>You can find the full<a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html"> source list</a> for the <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html">here</a> and our <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-christmas-house-tour.html">Christmas House Tour here</a>. 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One Last Christmas Decorating Post...

I am going to try to squeeze one last post in here before Christmas! I took these pictures a little while ago but then I had some trouble with my card reader and couldn't get them onto my computer.  Fortunately, it's all fixed now.  Anyway, here are some photos of our kitchen decorated for Christma…

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