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; 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/AVvXsEiItoKf9MEjFdIiRG7r9lV7-lurj6RPXWskH8PVLoj6fMaSd5sHNWkd0LJYydMvUADFTs6BjxsK6Pyh8CrCQExMsv6t9oX5FZoshdUONurB6Tn8o1_Zsw3GXvAONgFLvKHw9pbz9kTVAPU/s1600/vDSC_2899.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItoKf9MEjFdIiRG7r9lV7-lurj6RPXWskH8PVLoj6fMaSd5sHNWkd0LJYydMvUADFTs6BjxsK6Pyh8CrCQExMsv6t9oX5FZoshdUONurB6Tn8o1_Zsw3GXvAONgFLvKHw9pbz9kTVAPU/s640/vDSC_2899.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />This fancy ginger ale from Trader Joe's was over in the corner to the right of the stove but I couldn't get a good shot of it because it was so shadowy under the cabinets so I moved it here. 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 w...

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