Pinterest Jewelry Organizer...

I saw this jewelry organizer on Pinterest and sent it to my dad to see if it was something he could make...

My mom found one of these antique printer trays on Etsy and bought it for me....

 

I found these pretty knobs at Hobby Lobby...

 

 Then dad got to work...

We need to add some more hooks inside the organizer to hang my earrings, but I think the necklace knobs look GREAT!

I can't wait to see it all put together...with my jewelry hanging inside and everything organized!!

Next Year's Christmas Mantel...

At my grandmother's house, I got the BEST idea for what I want to do for our Christmas Mantel next year. I wanted to record it here on my blog so I wouldn' forget!

 

Aren't these GORGEOUS!!!

 My grandmother took a variety of candlesticks and then turned these ornaments upside down and put them in the candlesticks.

I think this is a fabulous idea and I can't wait to try this next year on our Christmas Mantel!!!

Christmas at the Ranch....

Another family tradition is that we travel to Brenham, Texas to have Christmas with my other set of grandparents.  We call their home the Ponder Ranch. This Ranch has been in our family for years and it seems to be prettier and more peaceful every time we visit...

This is the back driveway...

This is my grandparents' home...

This is the view from their front porch...

This is one of their barns...

My little cousin's baby girl, Bella...

 My dad, my cousin, Tedra, mom and David...

David, Grandmother, and my cousin, James...

The dining room table...

 

One of our family traditions is that the kids get to eat the Gingerbread House...Jordyn and Bella definitely enjoyed it this year!

 

Me and my best girls...

Mom and I after dinner...

Mom, Lisha and I...

We have a few more Christmases to attend in the next week...I'm telling you, we do Christmas up RIGHT in our family :)

A Week of Christmas...

Our Christmases normally last for at least week in our family. We take turns coming to Texas and celebrating Christmas with my family, then head back to Jacksonville to celebrate with my hubby's family.

My family's Christmas always begins on Christmas morning by seeing what Santa left us in our stockings. It seems as if the stockings at my parents' house multiply each year...

Here is Tedra with her stocking...

My sister with her stocking...

We got my dad this shirt. It says, "I'm retired, you're not...nah nah nah nah nah." HILARIOUS!

Tedra is saving up to buy a purse, so she was excited to find this money in her stocking!

David was worried about getting dad this golf ball retriever...he's afraid that dad will spend all his time trying to get all the golf balls instead of actually playing golf :)

I got Tedra and Lisha these adorable notebooks from Doodlebugs Paper...they LOVED them :)

Mom and dad got David this light for our grill. This will make grilling out at night a LOT easier!

Mom and I were deciding how her new charms should be placed on her Pandora bracelet...

As you can see, we had a VERY blessed Christmas morning.

That afternoon, we got dressed and headed to my grandma's house for dinner and more gift exchanging.

Here is a  pic of my mom and my uncles...

My  Memaw was SO excited about her Luby's gift card :)

David and I...

My dad, David, mom, Tedra and I...

After dinner we decided to use the timer on my camera to take one group family picture...

Love it!!! Stay tuned for the rest of our week of Christmas!

Christmas Kodi...

I tried to get a few snapshots of Kodi this Christmas by our little tree...

The flash caused some lines on the pictures...

But he is STILL a pretty handsome little boy to me :)

Merry Christmas from Kodi!!

SUYL Christmas Decorations...

It has been SO long since I have particated in one of Kelly's Show Us Your Life posts, but I just couldn't resist the Christmas Decor SUYL.

So here is a little bit of our Christmas decor, some decorations you have already seen in previous posts and some will be new. Beware...I have a TON of pics on this post!

These are our new stockings that we got from Willow House...I just adore the bright green on them :)

This is our mantel for this year...The Wonder of Christmas (I just love the thought of this phrase).

One of many Pinterest projects I've attempted this year. HERE is the link if you want to see how I made it.



An adorable door hanger that I received from my friend Allie.

This little Joy sign is hanging in one of our guest bedrooms...

This is our Christmas tree this year. Because we are traveling to Texas for the majority of our holiday, we decided to not put up a big tree.

Here is a close up pic of the ornaments on our tree. I had one made for David, Kodi, and I. The blog where I purchased them from is HERE.

I placed this large punch bowl filledwith brown and gold Christmas ornaments in the sitting area in the master bedroom...

One of my poinsettia blooms broke off of our big white poinsettia, so I put it in this little vase on my night stand. I found a website on Pinterest that said if you burn the bottom of a fresh cut of a poinsettia, it will last forever. I think I've had this stem on my night stand for about 2 weeks now and it looks GREAT. So slightly burning the bottom of the stem to dry up the sap really does work :)

This Santa was given to me YEARS ago!! He sits on a shelf with another little tree in our dining room.

Our dining room...

A few decorations in our kitchen...

I tucked this little reindeer in David's office...

Our little back patio area...

LOVE this Santa next to the old wooden crate...

I added a few holiday items to our backyard---they are hard to see, but I have a large ornament hanging from a shepherd's hook behind the table and a little present stake in the plant on the small table.

I feel as if I have poinsettias EVERYWHERE this year. Several people I know had poinsettia fundraisers, so I just couldn't resit :)

My mom gave me a ton of these plant stakes...I probably have enough to put a different one in each of our potted plants.

I posted a pic earlier of our entry table, but I had mentioned that I wasn't married to it yet. Well, I think this table runner did the trick...I LOVE that it matches our stockings and is the perfect addition to our entryway.

I got this little surprise for my mom for Christmas. It's okay that I'm posting it on my blog because I couldn't wait to tell her that I got it for her...

It's Frosty's hat!!! Isn't it adorable?!?!?!?

And here is my Santa centerpiece hat on our kitchen dinette table. This hat came from the same place that Frosty's hat came from.

So that is a quick look around our house this year for Christmas. I can't wait to see everyone else's Christmas decor!!!

AND, if you'd like to see my front door Christmas decor, please stop by my Christmas Door Tour and share your Christmas decorated front door.

Merry Christmas!!!