Christmas decorating

It was time to get the decorations out this last weekend.  We cannot do it next weekend because we are doing another cookie decorating party.

We keep our decorations very simple and mostly homemade.  We are not going to have a tree this year because we do not have any more room in the yard.  We always get a tree that can be planted.  So I decided we needed garland.  I started cutting out leaves and berries.

I stitched them together.

Russell helped me hang them all over the arches.

He made us a menorah last  year and we put it out.

This is our nativity scene.  The rocks and drift wood are from the Oregon coast.

Our tree.  It is quite lovely and makes me smile.

I did not get a picture of our advent calendar, but lets say it is not quite normal either.