update via instagram

 

Good Morning!  Here's a quick look at what's been happening around here via my instagram pictures.  Starting at the top left and moving to the right:

1 & 2 - during one of our long drives over the Thanksgiving holidays I experimented with 'A Beautiful Mess App' and really like it.  In the first picture of Lyla and I, Preston was the photographer, so neither are we centered or in position yet, but of the 10 he took this was the best one.  So I added some graphics with that app to make it look a little better :)  In the second picture, Lyla is obsessed with learning how to do a cartwheel and did at least 1000 while we were at my brother and sister-in-law's house.  I thought the hearts were perfect for all her sweet effort ;)

3 - love seeing our Christmas tree when I walk in the front door...makes he so happy.

4 -  my dessert tray for Thanksgiving (all the recipes under my FOOD tab)

5 - a favorite family picture :)

6 - started wrapping gifts this week

7 - my boxwood wreath with black and white striped ribbon...<3 it!

8 & 9 -  two of my favorite kiddos :)  Love those two to pieces!

Now off to address my Christmas cards and plan Preston's birthday.  He's a Christmas baby, so it's always fun to squeeze in a birthday this time of the year :) 

Have an amazing day!

simple christmas mantel // plaid, stripes, & a boxwood

 

Good Morning!  Christmas is in full swing around here and we are pretty much finished with all the decorating.  Now it's time to sit back and enjoy all the pretty décor and focus on the important part of this very special time of the year.  For my mantel this year I did the same placement of my large Christmas tree (which I'll show the full reveal soon) and the three small trees as last year.  And because plaid and stripes top my list of current crushes, I incorporated them into my Christmas décor this year.  I picked up the black and white plaid throw at Old Navy for $10 and then added the black and white striped ribbon.  If you've been around here any bit, you know that simple is my style, and so I left the boxwood wreath on the mirror by itself and really love it that way. 

I love our living room this time of the year.  We had cold weather last week and it was so pretty with the Christmas lights shining and the fireplace burning...just perfect.  So perfect that I may have fallin asleep here several nights in a row now ;) 

Next week, I'll share my tree, so you can see how the whole space looks.

And if your interested, you can click here to see my mantel from last year :)

Merry Tuesday!

November Highlights

Happy Monday friends!  Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Even with all the running around we did, we still enjoyed our time with our families and food :) over the holiday.  Things are definitely looking a lot like Christmas over here as we did some Christmas decorating before Thanksgiving this year and then we finished up the rest yesterday.  But before I bring out all the Christmas post, here's a quick recap of the top November happenings around here.

Still my favorite project from last month was adding this metallic gold heart wall decal to Lyla's room.

Tried some new recipes and made an old one.  Pumpkin spice blossoms, chocolate covered ritz peanut butter cookies, and pecan cheesecake bars.

Had a guest post from Kayla on how to make this diy holiday garland.

Did a fashion favorite round up from my pinterest fashion/style board and shared some of my favorite winter  pjs.

And finally, I shared a favorite instagram picture of this little monkey.

And that wraps up November.


Now on to December, a month that has given me some of the best memories of my life...

like my first born, who shares a birthday with baby Jesus.

I am excited to embrace you December!

And thanks for being my birth month too :)

 

Have a great day!