O is for OPEN HOUSE

c'mon in and stay while.

i can't believe it's less than a week til christmas. we have been busy getting teacher gifts ready and wrapped and today is the last day of school for the kids til after christmas break.

so, before things get absolutely insane, i thought i'd take some pics to share with you of our house, decked out in it's christmas finery...before we moved, we sold most of our christmas decor, but i saved the things that are favorites or have strong sentimental value :)

i love all of our ornaments...but there are a few special ornaments that bring me EXTRA smiles each year when i unwrap them.

when bobby and i got married (it will be seventeen years this coming may) we drove away from the reception in bobby's white pick up truck. (yep, i married a true southern boy LOL). these two ornaments always must be hung close together on the tree :)

the next two ornaments were handpainted by myself and my brother when we were little (the clown is a little creepy greg...but i still cherish them).




my very first car was a red volkswagen beetle that sissy and i bought for $150 ($75.00 EACH lol). it was adorable...not dependable...but adorable...and back then, THAT'S what mattered.



and lastly, this is probably one of my favorite pics ever of carson...mom and i braved a REAL LIFE BLIZZARD and dragged all of the props (and the baby) in to the studio to have these done. it was crazy...but it was absolutely worth the end result:



thanks for letting me share :)

a p.s. to my dear friend monica...your old tree has not lost her splendor...doesn't texas agree with her? :)