Simple Weekend Beauty

Enjoy adding little touches of Christmas cozy around your home - God has gifted this home and the people in it - find joy in making it a special place to be and be grateful for what God has provided!

And then enjoy taking a few photos during the next month and posting one per day with the December Photo Project! I've enjoyed the tradition of participating for a number of years and am excited to join in again this year! Details here.

Slow Christmas

I've been posting my December Photos over on Instagram! I love this tradition of posting one photo a day and I'm loving the slow theme in the photos so far!

PS: Newsletter subscribers! Watch your inbox tomorrow for a message from me including a free printable and a few thoughts about slowing at Christmas :)

December Photo Project

I'm continuing to share a photo each day over on Instagram for the December Photo Project!

December Photo Project

It's December Photo Project time again! Yay! I love this fun little tradition :) I'm posting my photos on Instagram again this year each day but will probably recap once a week here also. Anyone else want to join? It's easy - just take and post one photo a day during December! {#dpp2015}

So, now for a little commentary on the photos. I posted a couple of weeks ago that I found this amazing clock at Salvation Army thrift store for $10!!! I love how fun it looks with some free evergreen clippings and a plaid bow around it!

We're taking lots of time to do intentional fun seasonal activities each day - the first photo below shows a lunch tea party we had one day with a fun new-to-us library book we've read over and over already!

I'm enjoying the She Reads Truth Advent study!

Festive pot pie with leftover turkey and broth made from the bones - yummmmmmm!!!

Christmas Craft Day hot cocoa bar!!

December Photos

I've been posting my December Photos each day on Instagram - here is a collection of photos from this month so far!

December 1

Yay!!! It's December Photo Project time! I have loved participating the past several years so here we go with one photo a day for December! I'll be posting my pix on Instagram as well. So here is my photo for today - loving the glowy lights of Christmas and didn't want to ruin it by turning on a lamp. Grabbed my book light and snuggled on the couch to read instead - perfect!

December 24

Lots of baking, setting out crafty goodies for the dinner table and seeing a few flakes drop from the sky!

Happy Christmas Eve, friends!

More December Photos here.

December 23

Oh. yum. We have to go out for BBQ when we come to Colorado! Western BBQ - mmm mmm mmm! Delish!

More December Photos here.

December 22

A fun afternoon at the ranch of friends - the girls were thrilled {especially Emily} to ride a bit!

More December Photos here.

December 21

A winter wonderland as the sun came up on all the frosty trees this morning! Even the spider webs were covered in frost {below} and while it all melted away today, it was just sparkly and amazingly beautiful this morning!

More December Photos here.

December 20

Beautiful frosty and flurries today!

More December Photos here.

December 19

One thing I love doing when we come to Colorado is taking my little posse to Barnes & Noble for a couple of hours. The imaginative play and adventures between covers are a delight to enjoy! Swing by the magazines on your way in and then plop down in the children's area - lovely!

More December Photos here.

December 18

A gorgeous sunrise this morning! 

More December Photos here.

December 17

My littles sure know how to make the best of going to the Laundromat! They had a blast!

And, in some strange way I found it very relaxing as well.

More December Photos here.

December 16

Pepaw leading a little history lesson on using his Grandfather's bit and brace to drill holes!

More December Photos here.