Weekend Wrap-Up...in Pictures!

First of all, Happy week of Thanksgiving! Can you believe Thanksgiving is already here? Didn't we just start this month? Regardless of how fast time is whizzing past us, I am excited! Though, I am not sure if I am more excited for Thanksgiving or Black Friday shopping...? Let's just say both!

Friday night we did our usual thing...grocery shopping and getting dinner. We are crazy, y'all! We also ran to Big Lots because I was in search for some specific garland that I was pretty sure they would have (and cheap!), which they did! We had planned on decorating for Christmas on Saturday, so the boxes had already been brought up from the basement and I had started sorting what I wanted to use:

Yep, this is what our dining room table looked like Friday night and Saturday morning. Talk about overwhelming me! :) It is no secret that I like organization, so this mess was just a little much for me. I am glad to tell you that it is no longer there and the house is mostly decked for the Christmas season!

Saturday we put up tree #1 in the living room. We plan on getting a real tree this weekend to put up in the dining room. I.cannot.wait for the fresh pine smell-that is the best! Here the lights are starting to go on:

And this was Louie all day on Saturday:

I think he was confused by all the boxes and activity and smells I am sure. He just laid on the sofa and watched us for most of the morning. The sweet pup approves of the new furniture...but he is not allowed on it directly. Please picture me following him around with a blanket and putting it down before allowing him to jump on the furniture...I am not sure how long that will last yet. We will see!

I just realized I never posted about getting our furniture. There is a story there! :) I will try and get that post scheduled for tomorrow with pictures from delivery day!

The tree is done and wrapped presents are underneath it:

LOVE :) We decided to add aqua to this tree to tie in the colors in the living room and I am so glad we did that. I love they way it looks and blends with the art and pillows in the room!

The banister was almost the death of me. Seriously. I could not get anything to look "right" for me and was getting irritated with the task pretty quickly. Thank goodness Stephen is patient with me! After wrestling with ribbons and garland for awhile I decided to tie big bows and call it a day. I must say that I kind of love the result. We have wooden clothes pins to pin Christmas cards we receive up on the garland and I can't wait so so that!

Speaking of Christmas cards...when are you sending yours out? I think I may mail ours next Monday. They are already ready to go out!

In the dining room we hung ornaments from our light that is over the table. We used all the colors on both trees to tie it all together. Surprisingly, this was not a Pinterest inspired idea but an idea I got from an old co-worker in Jacksonville. There is not a centerpiece on the table yet, and there might not be...the ornaments just kind of handle it on their own and I love it!

Here is a view of the living room from the entrance. You can see our new loveseat and ottoman!

And the fireplace:

Up close and personal :) This one is for you, Mom!

And the glowing tree:

I just LOVE Christmas time, it is the best. The lights, the smells, the garlands, the baking, the presents celebrating Jesus' birth. I love all of it! I cannot wait to put up tree #2 this coming weekend!

On Sunday we went to church and out to lunch before heading to the gym to watch our niece's basketball games. After the games, we went out to dinner to celebrate Stephen's brother Greg's birthday. We ate at a Chinese Restaurant that was SO good. We really enjoyed the company and getting to celebrate Greg's birthday with family. It was a great time. We ended the night by watching a Christmas movie at home...my idea of perfection!

And lastly, our sweet pup Louie who may be just a little bit spoiled. He is so sweet, don't you think?

That's all folks! Hope everyone has a great Monday and short work-week, yay!