decking the halls

yes, despite the fact that i am against penguins at christmas, i have many a penguin decoration. oh, and that other ornament? yeah, me and the hubs--our first christmas ornament : ) the santa below is one the kids made this year.

our den christmas tree and the outside frosty.

our nativity scene. a friend brought this back from israel for us several years ago.



our stockings, hung by the chimney w/ care. we have about a million stockings. we got these last year during the holiday sales. we each got our initials, however, i just realized this year that for the hubs and i we got d and m for dad and mom. except, the hubs' name starts w/ m so it looks like everyone has their name letter and then me, w/ a d.

<----the outside lights. this is the first time in about five years we've had the icicle lights up.

this is little jasper, curled up in the girl's blanket.

<---here's jasper checking out the christmas decorations.

<---here's a before picture, w/ the girl searching for jasper.