Christmas has come and gone and I can't believe it. Although it seems like we have been here forever already, we pretty quickly moved into the new house, got it situated, and decorated for Christmas- all in 1 weekend. We had so much fun getting our house together for Christmas, and I enjoyed displaying all of our goodies from the Christmas shower...
Our house is very bare now, and I am having a really hard time determining what should go where. I am constantly moving things around from room to room. Word of advice: You should never move into a house and immediately put up Christmas decorations. Why?
1. It fills up all empty spaces
2. The house is so much cozier.
3. The house screams color.
4. When you take it down, it's a let down.
I have been one to always hate taking Christmas decorations down anyways, but this year I didn't expect for it to be this hard. Guess I will be making more trips to Hobby Lobby and finding some ideas on Pinterest in all my spare time (ha!)
Anyways, back to Christmas. This Christmas was different. Of course, Tim and I were married which was awesome- 6 months to be exact on Christmas day! With that being said, traditions changed a bit. You know I am a HUGE tradition person and I get extremely distressed when something changes, etc.... just ask my family :) This year, we did some traveling back and forth between the families and it was great. We started off at my parent's house seeing what Santa brought. We then did the traditional sausage biscuits with my Papa and then quickly headed over to Tim's parents to see what Santa brought there. We then went back to my parents, then back to his for lunch, then back to mine for mid-lunch, then back to his for presents, then back to mine, then home to our house for our presents .... yup, you get the picture. All worked out though and we had a wonderful Christmas. We are so thankful for everything we got, and spoiled :)
It was a great time with family, and I always get "depressed" when it is over. It all happens so fast, and it is so hard to sit back and actually enjoy anymore. While listening to my dad and Shirley Shirley (no, that is not a typo.. just her name) the other day he said something that I totally agree with. It is so hard now to "enjoy Christmas". Often, we get so caught up in the buying of gifts, making sure everyone has enough, shopping constantly, attending parties, wrapping frantically, etc. that it is rare to just sit back, enjoy the decorations, lights, music, and remember the reason for the season. I can honestly say that this involved us this year with everything we had going on. Don't get me wrong- it was an amazing Christmas, but it is hard now days to truly relax and enjoy the break, and often we feel like this instead----
Sorry for the pointless post- I guess I felt the need to make up for not blogging in so long! Hopefully I will do better, could be my "resolution".... Night folks!
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