Christmas is a coming...

Our Christmas Kitchen

Believe it or not this is a picture of our tiny tree all lit up. It's a 32" fiber optic tree.

This is the front of our tiny tree showcasing the 2 new ornaments Jesse and I got for Christmas. See it's tradition in my family to get a new ornament in your stocking every year and since we won't be there this year my parents sent us our ornaments early.

I called my mom and asked her to send some of my ornaments, so we could decorate our tree. Unfortunately our tree is tiny and most of the ornaments she sent were to big for it. I only put up about half of them. Maybe some day we'll have a bigger tree.

This is the pretty Christmas tree topper I finally found. It was actually quite difficult to find anything I liked to go on top of our tree. Personally I would have preferred an angel topper, but that was impossible to find. I liked the way this one sparkled. Even though it doesn't lite up itself it does look quite lovely and sparkly when the tree is lit.

Our stockings and one of my favorite Christmas ornaments of old. It's a snowflake with my birthstone in it. It was obviously a little big for our tree, but I think it looks nice here. I remember when we (David & me) got them for Christmas. I thought they were so perfect especially since my birthstone is red (Garnet) and his is green (Emerald). Perfect Christmas colors.

I bought an advent calendar as well. When I was little we had one that hung in the hallway near my bedroom in the old house. I remember moving the little bear that lived in the pockets every night before bed. It was very exciting to me.

Another picture of our tiny tree. I forgot to add the candy canes. I specifically bought tiny ones for our tree and for our cups of hot cocoa. One of my favorite things on a snowy day is a nice hot cup of cocoa with marshmallows and a peppermint candy cane in it. Yum!