Downstairs finally finished

Christmas is really the only holiday that I decorate for. But I do it in a big way at our house.
With my trees, and my North pole Village that I put up every year, it takes me quite a
while to get it all done.
Last year you will remember that my new tree looked an awful lot like this one, but this
year, I left off the big candy peppermint ornaments I made last year.
I found some great vintage snowman postcards and glittered them up a few days ago.
Glitter is messy but I love what it does for anything. I even found vintage glass glitter
on-line this year.

Our family grows every year, and this year we added two. Clinton Dowse
and Ella Mae Askeroth. So it is my tradition to make stockings for all the new
people in our family. This year I made 4 because Kendra and Kylee never had
new ones made like everyone else. I buy new Christmas fabric each year and this year I bought a lot of blue. We have 25 stockings hanging in our family room this year.





This is how different the tree looks without the lights on. I just think it looks so winter like. I guess I need a tree that looks like this one, because it will never snow here. I really miss the
snow, and I have been known to get just a little bit excited when:
I can play in snow,
Ride in snow,
ski in snow,
sled in snow,
anything having to do with snow accept:
drive in it
and shovel it.
Thank goodness we can visit it and then
return to our wonderful non-snow place of Logandale.