Decking The Halls...Among other things :)

Oh my gosh...so to start off, it feels so good to be home!

It has been a long time, I know...and my apologies!  I am just finding that during the school semester, it is very difficult to squeeze anything else in to my schedule...but believe me, I am trying. ;)

So, I bring good news-Good tidings and JOY!!!!! I, yes I, Danielle, passed Algebra! Math 90 they call it in my school.  It's the last class I need before I take my transferable class in the Spring...I was afraid I might not pass, and if I didn't, it would mean being unable to transfer for at least another YEAR!
Praise the Lord, He got me through it :)

All that excitement aside, I have a wonderful Christmas blog to share today...my mom has decorated for the holidays, like 3 weeks ago already lol But this is my 1st chance to get on here :)

Christmas has always been my most favorite holiday, for various reasons, mainly the snow, the warmth, just the overall ambiance I suppose, the trees, the whole idea of people coming together to help others, and most of all, having the ability to show others what it means to truly celebrate Christmas.

~This is my mom's piano, it belonged to our church in it's very early days, and we celebrated it's 100th birthday several years back, so that gives you an idea as to how old this baby is :)

Mom loves to go with more of a "Wintre Theme" here, and I love it!  Mom has always taken a great deal of pride in decorating, for any event, and I kinda think she missed her calling...but now that she's retired..hhhmmm.... lol

~And my little buttercup, in his Christmas jammies :)  Oh yeah, in front of the tree hehe, I think he stole a candy cane off of the tree...Did Santa see that?

~We always hang our stockings with care :)

~My dad and Levi, my precious gem, with his papa, and my dad just LOVES playing Santa, and he is pretty good at it too! I wouldn't want to see him try to get down a chimney though...hahahahaha

~My mom's other piano, her nice one, lol Where she has her doll, and most of her Christmas music, which I'm happy to say, or at least it makes me smile, that many of her books are older than I am! (And my birthday is coming up in a few weeks, so shhhh!)

 ~Just a wider view, to see the whole wintre scene

~This is my Barbie collection, my mom's dearest friend who has been with the Lord for several years now, gave me one of these Hallmark collectible Barbie ornaments every year, and a few on my birthday too...These aren't even all of them!  I have many fond memories of Pauline, but these by far are some of my most wonderful, bringing back sweet memories through each Barbie.  So this year I decided not to put them on the tree, but to create my own little Barbie village, around a beautiful snow globe; I have several Christmas Barbies, a Wedding Barbie, a Cinderella, a Fairy, several from the 50's and 60's, and lots more :)

~At school, they had Santa come to each classroom, and Levi got to tell Santa all about the Buzz Lightyear that he's been pining for :)

~A picture I took of Levi at school in front of the tree :)

~My beautiful son just loves all the Barbies...But he's been instructed "Hands Off " lol  These are to precious to me to get lost, or more importantly broken...I found him the other morning, running over 2 of them with his big truck, he said, "Look mommy, I found speed bumps!"
With a huge grin on his face...Oh, charming :)

~And I end with this wonderful picture, because, who on earth could resist such a face?  Not I! :)

*I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays...*