Better Homes and Garden's Shoot and Hot Chocolate Bar

<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/AVvXsEicCpaAEqApmlA09YB6FjGcu0oC_YIJcyhijJgEnBhnXxPAkv1guUJre2ww3a0SA0Hd9ZjTzB7QtAYfAX64L-Jh3eRcxIUzoTTTltUOhL_SFXFJmJTCQM9VkcDa20R11vky7d39gkXG6i8/s1600/bhg-christmas-ideas-cover_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCpaAEqApmlA09YB6FjGcu0oC_YIJcyhijJgEnBhnXxPAkv1guUJre2ww3a0SA0Hd9ZjTzB7QtAYfAX64L-Jh3eRcxIUzoTTTltUOhL_SFXFJmJTCQM9VkcDa20R11vky7d39gkXG6i8/s320/bhg-christmas-ideas-cover_thumb.jpg" width="242" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of months ago we got an e-mail from Better Homes and Gardens asking if we would be interested in having our home photographed for their Christmas Ideas Issue. It seemed too good to be true and to be honest I kept thinking it might fall through but the last two days we had a stylist from Better Homes and Gardens here and today we had a photographer and a second stylist here as well! It was so exciting getting to watch such talented people work their magic and they were incredibly sweet and easy going and so wonderful with the girls. I had feared that Lillie would not want to have her photo taken when it was time but instead she hopped right up in her window seat and smiled and posed and did everything the photographer asked - he was so good with her! At one point she even had him sliding down our stairs "on his bum-bum" like her and he pushed her around on his cart once he was done! I can't thank them enough for making it such an easy and enjoyable experience. Now for the hard part - we have to wait 8 or 9 months for the magazine to come out! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now that it is over, I have to say I am exhausted. It has been so crazy trying to get everything finished up in time. Once they left yesterday I started taking down all of the Christmas decorations. I am just about done and then I can start figuring out what to do to fill all the bare holes. In some ways it is such a good feeling to have it all down and to get everything clean and organized but it also does make all of the rooms seem so empty and cold now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't take any photos while they were here yesterday but I did take some photos last week of the hot cocoa station I added in our dining room. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fgVUQyDnVenxnYjW2_2zd6JkbML6vpEv4BLp60l_vbscbbdcPBR92H7kGr6NxeWGQok9XUuHp3FujJbk_1W0SqjPbEr8CrQlWp5SRcRAatso1tnSu5fsXT-gQ6RklKATzlhARZJJtb4/s1600/mDSC_0745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fgVUQyDnVenxnYjW2_2zd6JkbML6vpEv4BLp60l_vbscbbdcPBR92H7kGr6NxeWGQok9XUuHp3FujJbk_1W0SqjPbEr8CrQlWp5SRcRAatso1tnSu5fsXT-gQ6RklKATzlhARZJJtb4/s640/mDSC_0745.jpg" width="436" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Better Homes and Garden's Shoot and Hot Chocolate Bar

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