Merry Christmas!

I was AWESOME today, and got the Christmas lights up....I had to climb up on the roof to put nails up and everything.  It was scary, but Casey wasn't entirely interested in putting lights up at all, so I had to get it done to convince him it was necessary! 

The tree is also up and decorated, it fits perfectly in our big picture windows.  It's all cozy and homey now, and we just love it!

While I'm here, I'll post some photos of other updates.  The best being the beautiful new shower and bathtub/shower in the bathrooms.  Mind you, the bathrooms are NOT remodeled yet, but we do have 2 lovely new showers that make our lives much happier!

We also finished the dining room, with Casey's map wall (nothing else is allowed on the wall!) featuring his awesome pallet-wood frames.

Since the photos were taken, I added some crafty maps of California and Wisconsin, which I am particularly proud of. 

After the Christmas light mission today, I started attacking the overgrown plants in the front of the house...a photo (which without a "before" will not look impressive, but believe me, it is) of my hard work...

And finally, a photo of two ceramic creatures that I uncovered in the mess of dead foliage.  I've lovingly named them Joe and Darleen.  If we had known we'd uncover so many ceramic creatures, I'd have kept them and started a nice collection in the shed. ;)

That's all for tonight... we can't WAIT for the school break, so we can get some more work done!

LOVE, JESS