Christmas cards through the years...

I have no Christmas pictures of us pre-kids I guess...

We obviously started documenting our lives when we had babies.

 

Christmas 2010

Christmas 2011

Christmas 2012

Getting Ready for Santa........

Well, when you are having Santa Claus come to town for a visit, one must prepare!  So, all week long, we baked, we ate what we baked, and we decorated.  What a fun way to kick off the Christmas season... being with my family (whom I love dearly) and then spending the afternoon with friends!

In case you are unable to see, Moss decorated some cookies with the tiniest sugar crystals (she used a tweezer to place them in the perfect spot)!  Amazing!

Making reindeer treats!

 Yes, drizzling red icing onto a rice krispy treat that had been dipped into white chocolate.... don't mind if I do!  Katie is so serious in her decorating!

More treats!

Party day!

This is the hot cocoa and cider bar

Cutest cider fountain ever!

Cocoa toppings

 

The cookie room....so so good!

Momma's front door... so inviting!

Entrance to the party....

 

 Nothing says Chirstmas like a woo pig sooie tree!

Filling the trays with yummy treats!

These are marshmallow surprises!  Chocolate cookie, bake and take out of oven, cover with a large marshmallow then top with fudge frosting... it'll make ya slap yourself it is so good!

My MamMaw's chocolate covered marshmallow, peanut, and pretzel candy!

 the tree...

 Sophia sizing up  the treats....

whoopie pies.....

Sophia, stay out of the treats!

Brayden playing with the hanging candy!

The mantle... yes there are so many stockings.... we have a lot of family with us for the holidays!

 

and here comes Santa!!!

 

 Merry Christmas!!

Let the decorating begin.......

A few days ago, we stopped in at my Momma's house, and helped her with 1 of her Christmas trees. 

Here was the inspiration tree, found on Pinterest, and you can see more trees here...Pretty trees!

Momma loved all of the florals in it, and I just loved everything about it!

So, off we went... a little bit of ribbon, some hydrangeas and other sprigs of pretty, two very helpful tiny tots, and an few hours later.... wa-la!

 

 It turned out beautiful....

The tree has everything from birds nests with tiny birds (that the kids have to frequently check on), beautiful vintage looking ornaments, flowers, crystalized looking pine needles, now that I think about it there is justa little bitta everything on this tree... but it just works!

Here are pictures of our tiny helpers...

 I think he worked on this ornament for about 10 minutes!

The big white snowflake is really for another tree, but Red insisted that it go on here!

This is just precious!

To the left of Baby Bear is a empty ribbon roll (trash), he felt it too should be in the tree!

So proud of her decorating!

 

Mantle-icious... Christmas Decor!!

It has started!

Today is Halloween, so tomorrow I am going to declare it National Put Up Your Fall Pizzaz and Bring Out Your Christmas Razzle Dazzle Day!!  I have been on the internet.... and looking at old pictures of Christmas Mantle Pasts... and I am trying to figure out how to change it up a bit.
2009 la casa de Foresee

2010

2011.... it is needing a bit of something...

I am looking for fun, whimsy, pretty, Santa's workshop

2012... picture coming soon...

Just wanted to share with you some of the beautiful images that I have found!
Mantle Wonderfulness at StyleEstate
This chocolate brown and green Christmas is just divine!
I love all of the pinecones that are used

Love the wreath above the mantle and the use of the class hurricanes

O-my-sweet-goodness!

Christmas Cabin Wonderland!

Now, I really like traditional red and greens for Christmas decorating, I liked this picture for the use of all of the ornamental balls!  I love them in the glass jars.  I might do something like that on my coffee table.

Nothing about this mantle screams Christmas to me, but I think it is so very lovely!

The floral swag is complete perfection.

I found this on a website, Jonathan Klunk Design Blog

Isn't it just beautiful?  I love all of the greenery, don't ya wish you had these skills?

This was found on Pinterest... of course the link is bad, but I like the look... so enjoy!

This fun... Pottery Barn.. look is from The Yellow Cape Cod

Another Pinterest picture with a bad link, but I am posting anyways!

So, what do you think?  How do you decorate your mantle at Christmas time?  Or do you?  I love just having stockings up, but I love to add a whole buncha razzle dazzle to my mantle!!