christmas wreaths

since we are still trying to get our home together,

and only barely got a christmas tree up before the big day, 

the outside of our home didn't get any attention at all.

it was a little disappointing to us all, but it was impossible
with everything going on.  the little guys seem to understand. 

{we promised next year we would have exterior lights on the house}

i've seen all kinds of pretty wreaths popping up in stores,

on blogs and in magazines, so i thought i'd share a few of the
more interesting ones i found: 

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next christmas i hope to have not only lights on the exterior of our home, 

but some type of  wreath on our front door.

this year, i'm enjoying the 4 lovely wreaths on our next door neighbors 
front doors and garage doors.  have i mentioned these folks yet?  

they may be the sweetest neighbors we've ever had {and we've had some great ones}. 

they came over to welcome us with big hugs and christmas presents for the entire family.
they even asked if they could give us a key to their home since they travel a bit.
{this was really the 2nd time we had met them}

when they left i said to c, i bet they are mormon.

he said why do you think that and i said i just had a feeling.  
i pointed out they were wholesome, spoke about their children and grandchildren
were trusting and just seemed like good people. 

sure enough, our plumber, whom we've known for years,
was over and mentioned he does their plumbing too. 
i asked him if they were mormon and he confirmed it.
they are!  {c said you called it...yes i did}

of all people we could get living next door to us,

we got this lovely retired mormon couple who reminds me of my parents.

we feel pretty darn lucky. 

~ the boys reminded me christmas is 2 days away today.

YES, they are counting.  c and i feel like it snuck up on us this year,

but we managed to sit down together a few nights ago and thanks to amazon, 

we finished all our shopping in under an hour. 

i finally feel ready for christmas. i hope you are too.
xo