tis the season

It's time for Christmas.....or...I guess Christmas is over....and these are late, but never too late!

 

 The halls were decked...with lights cascading down the railing.

 

...new stockings were hung by the fireplace...with lights and my grandma Helen Hydeen's handmade Swedish rosmaling painted ornaments.  

W.E. 2010 Ornament---First year married.  It's a batik painted wooden bird from Hands Around the World shop in Orange City, IA.

W.E. 2009 Ornament---Christmas was spent apart last year so this was the first time this little guy was displayed..... showing his chubby penguin cuteness!

I wanted to highlight just a few ornaments because we didn't have a tree this year.  I put some Christmas lights around the three green windows in our living room and just hung a few ornaments behind.  It turned out really great. 

I brought the little Christmas hats from Norway.  They belong to Jule Nisse....Christmas Elves that help take care of the animals in the barn on Christmas Eve.  :)

Now that Christmas is over and we have taken down our decorations...we miss the festive and extra light that those little bulbs bring!

 

It was fun to celebrate Christmas as a married couple---8 months in!!  Our time in Alabama with the Strickland family for 12 days was restful.  We'll probably go to Iowa for Christmas next year and maybe get a tree.  Maybe. 

...and Happy New Year

Because this post was finished AFTER Christmas and AFTER the new year,

we are already 9 months married and so in love. 

We continue to REALLY enjoy each other and speak words of truth over our marriage.

What's 2011 look like for W.E.Chronicles---

relax

create

laugh

hope

May the Lord bless you this year friends!