Friday, December 19, 2014

Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels We Have Heard on High - The Piano Guys, Peter Hollens and David Archuleta

Hello Readers! Christmas is less than a week away and I can't wait to celebrate with my husband and our families.

I was browsing through my old photos the other day and found some cute pictures from Christmases of my childhood. I hope you enjoy them!


My first Christmas!








I was an angel in the church's Christmas play that year. My mom made my costume. Collin wanted to dress up too!








With my cousin's on my mom's side.




My first Christmas party at the college.

Oh and I just happened to be at a party where Darth Vader appeared...

Christmas memories are the best! 


Love Rebecca 

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Monday, December 15, 2014

Sarah's Bridal Shower


My brother's fiancee had her bridal shower this past weekend. It was a fun and exciting event! We had good food and some great laughs. The video above is of Sarah opening one of her gifts. She received two toasters and Caleb had a hilarious opinion on what she should do with the extra toaster!  


The cake was supposed to have a more pink colored frosting...but it was still delicious!

The gift table was covered with presents.

The bride-to-be arrives!

Katelyn taking a photo with Sarah! The photo she took is in the corner. How cute?
Katelyn's video about the shower can be seen here.

Caleb, Sarah and Rebekah.

Cousins!

The guests. We had a wonderful turnout!

The pastor's wife gave the devotional. This little Christmas house was a gift from her and another lady in the church to start off Sarah's christmas decor.

One of the cute little cakes.

Preparing to open gifts. I put all the photos together below!









A great big basket of snowman decor and home items. Very cute!

Caleb was a big helper and gave Sarah all the gifts from the table. He did an awesome job!

My sister and our cousin Madison watching the present opening.

Madison and Aunt Elaine

Cutest cousins ever!

After the shower and all the cleanup we brought the gifts the apartment of the future newlyweds!

It was quite packed with all the kids and gifts! It is a cute little apartment and I bet they can hardly wait to start their life together!

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Justin and I put together a bunch of these jars as centerpieces for Sarah and Collin's wedding. I saw a similar idea on pinterest. We found the burlap, lace, ribbon and twine at Walmart, the flowers are from Afloral.com and the mason jars are from my husband's mom. We hot glued the burlap and lace and tied the ribbon. It's not as perfect as little old picky me would like but Sarah and Collin loved them so I'm happy!

Oh and I pin some awesome stuff on my boards so you should follow me :)
If you want... lol


Love, Rebecca




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Thursday, December 11, 2014

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby


I finally have all my Christmas decor unpacked and out! It may not be much but at least it is very cute! 

So many Christmas plushies... 

I liked how nice and simple this looks.

The doll/frame is a gift from my childhood, I added a more recent photo this year.
The embroidered tiny pillow on the frame is a gift from my good friend Natalia. 

My husband's grandma gave us her nativity set. It is handpainted and from 1978. I'm in love with the camels! 



Is it beginning to look like Christmas in your home? Or does your family wait till it is much closer to Christmas? My grandma used to put up her tree on the week of Christmas and take it down the next day!

Love, Rebecca

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Favorite Photos of the Week: Animals in Snowfall

While we did get our first snowfall of the year on Thanksgiving it has since been raining and raining and raining some more!I love the first night after a fresh snowfall, the purple hues to the sky overhead and the sparkles of the snow on the ground and trees are simply breathtaking.

Here are some of my favorite photographs of animals in snow that I found on DeviantART.com this past week.These photographers do an AMAZING and beautiful job and I especially loved how they captured the magic of snowfall with such gorgeous shots. Enjoy!













Dreamy by little-bug
I saved the cutest photo for last! How adorable is this girl with her horse??

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Do you love snow? Or are you just a fan of the first snowfall because it is so pretty but then are ready for springtime to arrive? Please share in the comments below!!


Love, Rebecca

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Monday, December 8, 2014

Mary, Did You Know?



This take on Mary, Did You Know? is simply gorgeous. This highly talented a cappella group Pentatonix has put out some beautiful music but their Christmas songs are my absolute favorites. 

Sometimes it is easy to forget that when Jesus was born that he was just like any other baby with all their wants and needs. It's crazy to think the Mary literally nursed, changed, burped, cuddled and soothed a tiny little baby that was God in human flesh. Can you imagine that? 

To any of my mommy readers- has it ever crossed your mind that Mary did many of the same things for Jesus that you do for your little ones? Please share any thoughts in the comments below! I'd love to read them. 

Love, Rebecca

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Friday, December 5, 2014

O Holy Night - Peter Hollens - Acappella



O Holy Night is one of the prettiest Christmas hymns in my opinion- and one of the hardest to sing! Those notes go so very high. Peter Hollens nailed it in this video and I think it is one of the best renditions of O Holy Night I have ever heard.

I remember trying to sing O Holy Night as a kid and boy did I screech out those top notes... lol.
I was able to hit them once I started choir at my home church though!


Our little bitty tree is up and decorated!
Working on getting the other decorations up!

Have you started decorating yet? Do you get a real tree or a fake one?
Tell me in the comments below!


Love, Rebecca


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