Holiday Home Tour...Part Two

Welcome back! I'm glad you can join me for the second part of our holiday home tour. Pour a cup of tea and relax as we leave the foyer and move into our family room. On the way we have our powder room...

which has only a couple touches of Christmas...

but the smell of this soap more than makes up for it!

This wall is  across from the stairway...

which leads upstairs. We will check out those decorations in the upcoming weeks. : )

And this is the view as you enter the family room.

This little table holds the telephone as well as one of our favorite candles and some canisters that may or may not have some yummy Christmas candies inside. : )

This is the view of our family room as you enter from the foyer. This room is where we live. It is where we gather day after day, night after night. It is cozy and warm and most of the time cluttered and messy...just like a good life should be.

This is the top of the bookcase that holds our movies and books...

and this is one of my favorite decorations. I have had it since we were married. I find a different place for it every year. : )

The sofa is big...big enough for each of us to have his or her own spot...

this is mine! : )

On one side of the television, we keep our Christmas games and puzzles...

and on the other we keep the book basket...

and video bucket...

full of the magical movies we have loved year after year. : )

Today, Flynn was watching a Disney Sing-a-long. I love hearing those songs in the background!

This is perhaps the favorite seat in the room...

right next to the computer table...

which also holds Flynn's Christmas activity books and crayons...

but more importantly because it offers the best view of our Christmas tree!

Be it day...

or night.

Some of these ornaments are new...some...like the candles...have hung on every one of our trees for twenty-five years.

Our tree isn't real, but you wouldn't know it when we burn this candle. : )

And tucked underneath always, the beautiful manger that Steve's parents gifted us all those years ago.

Christmas is filled with memories. Memories from the past, and memories I hope to make for my children. Thank you for joining me today here in our family room. Next Monday we will visit in our country kitchen. Until then, have a wonderful week. And make magical Christmas memories of your own. : )