Christmas Happenings.....

Click the links below to catch up on some of Christmas Happenings!

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

The Pioneer Woman

Tacky Christmas Party

Can You Say......TACKY?!

I had planned on having a house warming party after we moved in but we got busy and never found the time to do it. Josh's birthday is Christmas Eve so he has never really gotten to celebrate his birthday with a big birthday party.....so we came up with the idea to host a party at our house for his birthday. It was a "Tacky Christmas Party", so everyone was supposed to dress in the tackiest, ugliest Christmas clothes they could find. I think each of our guests did an awesome job!

Me-Me & Allen with Rocky


Lesha & Billy


Jennifer, Mom, Erica, Aunt Nancy, and Summer


Me-Me & Grandma


Erica & Cody


BFF's - Jennifer, Summer & Me


Me & sister, Lesha
This is one for the Christmas cards mom! haha

Some of the PD family: Angie, Samantha, Denny & Joe

Our sweet neighbors, Michelle & Jeff

Me, Samantha & Angie

Summer, Jennifer & mother-in-law Patti

Our lovely family & friends!

Thank you guys for making Josh's birthday party so great!

THE Pioneer Woman!

I finally got to meet the Pioneer Woman! Josh bought me her cookbook while we were in Fayeteville for Thanksgiving and I've been hanging onto it ever since, in hopes that I would get to go to one of her book signings. Sure enough....I got to go! Woot woot!

PW is such an inspiration as a blogger, cook, and mom. This woman does it all folks! She posts a blog at least once a day, cooks fabulous meals, home-schools her 4 children and still managed to write a cookbook and go on tour!

If you have not read her blog, you should. She is hilarious! I got hooked on it a few months ago when I stumbled across her love story "Black Heels to Tractor Wheels" written about how she met and fell in love with her cattle ranching husband. If you read it, you will be hooked forever just like I am!

The signing started at 12:30, we got there at 11:00. Once it started, the line moved fairly quickly. I was so thankful to have my mom there to wait with me!

The line behind us....

The line in front of us....

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

A couple of weekends ago Josh asked me to make him a grilled cheese. So, of course I say "sure honey, whatever you want" and walk to the kitchen. I opened the refrigerator and pulled out the drawer where we keep the cheese and guess what I saw.......

A little note from my sweetie! And....two tickets to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra!! He got me on this one, I was totally surprised!

Of course I had to get a picture of us in front of the tree before we left!

These guys were amazing! They rocked it out! I kept calling them the "Rockstars of Christmas" haha


And the light show was unreal!


They even performed my favorite - Christmas Canon!!


This night was the start to an unbelievable Christmas! I am so thankful for my sweet husband -he made this Christmas one to remember!!

Christmas Senses

Christmas festivities have begun! Click on the links below to catch up!

It's Beginning to LOOK a Lot Like Christmas

It's Beginning to TASTE a Lot Like Christmas

It's beginning to TASTE a lot like Christmas!

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is getting together with family & friends to cook Christmas candy! It just wouldn't be Christmas without lots of "stuff dipped in chocolate"! This year we had some new faces and lots of new candy recipes. Everything turned out great and we had a blast making it all!

Me-Me made peanut butter cups.


Jennifer made chocolate truffles.


Nancy made fudge and kissey cookies.


I made buckeyes (peanut butter balls).


Lesha made a new recipe this year called Pretzel-Peanut Bark. It's a Paula Deen recipe so that speaks for itself!


Mom made pecan bark.


Erica made oreo truffles.


We also made our usuals: chocolate covered peanuts, chocolate covered cashews and my favorite...haystacks!


Oreo truffles......sneaky little hand, caught in action!


Pretzel-Peanut Bark!


Peanut butter cups!


Kissey cookies!


Peanut butter balls.

Another new one this year. Pretzels with hershey kisses and M&M's.


Fudge!


Another favorite of mine...pecan bark!



Can't wait to do it again next year! Thank you ladies for an awesome night full of sweets!

It's Beginning to LOOK a Lot Like Christmas!

Christmas is my favorite time of year! Everything is so pretty around Christmas time. One of my favorite things in the world is a big fat beautifully decorated Christmas tree! Needless to say, I was VERY excited to put up our 1st Christmas tree this year!

Josh knows how much I love our Christmas tree. Everyday when I get home from work, he is sure to have the lights turned on and my scentsy burning. It is so wonderful to walk into a good smelling house and see our beautiful tree all lit up! He always knows how to put a smile on my face. : )

I made my first wreath this year. I kept it pretty simple - I just wanted something very "natural" looking which is not really like me. Usually I like lots of glitter & sparkle, but I think this wreath turned out beautiful!


I think it looks great on our mantle - the pine cones and berries really go great with the woodwork!



Patti gave me these cute little votive candle holders from.....you guessed it -Southern Living!



I just added miniature berry wreaths to some red candles that I already had.



Here's a little arrangement Me-Me made for me a few years ago.

Wreath on the front door - Also made with love by Me-Me


And here's my beautiful house from Southern Living. I just added some Christmas picks to the top and put a candle inside. I found this little Santa at Dollar General for $6! I thought he was so cute!


And again, a beautiful arrangement made by Me-Me! She's got some major creative talent!


An easy way to make something look "Christmassy" - just add some Christmas bulbs!

I hope you enjoyed my little "Christmas Tour" of our home! I am looking forward to adding a little bit each year until we have a house full of Christmas cheer!