Hello, and welcome!
Can you believe it’s the Saturday before Thanksgiving?
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We’re so happy our youngest son will be home for the holiday!
Just wish me luck because I’m attempting to cook a whole turkey!
I usually make a turkey breast since only four of us will gather around our Thanksgiving table!
We need to say Happy Thanksgiving today because the next time we’re together, it will be over!
We want you to know how thankful we are for every one of you!
It’s a privilege to spend time with you each week!
We are so grateful to have you here and hope your celebration is happy!
Thanks again for following along and walking through this season of life with us!
What we’ve been up to this week
This week has been all about preparing for Thanksgiving and Christmas simultaneously!
It’s been crazy, and the truth is, our house looks like we’re moving!
All those boxes are Christmas decorations waiting to be unpacked!
Most will be hung on one of our five Christmas trees.
At this time, I have the trees up, but they’re all still naked except the one in our living room, which is almost finished!
I’ve been spending most of my time shopping and making new ornaments, and now I realize I should have done more DIYs in July than just making my pinecone trees, lol!
Or maybe I should only put up one Christmas tree, then my life would be so much easier!
I can’t help myself!
I love to decorate for Christmas!
What we’ve been doing on the blog
Organized Life
First, we shared a post that’s close to my heart!
Christmas traditions are so important to our family, and we decided to share all of ours with you!
I was surprised we had so many!
Check out the 25 Traditions that have made meaningful Christmas memories for us!
Christmas Ornament DIY & Blog Hop
You have to see how we made these pinecone and wood slice ornaments for our nature-inspired woodland Christmas tree!
This post is also a blog hop where you can get more inspiration from 17 of our blogging friends!
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Inspiration from around the web
We have so many talented friends and want to share their holiday posts with you
Here are five of our favorites we spotted online this week!
- If you need to buy Christmas presents for little ones, check out these fabulous wooden toys!
- Learn all about the hottest Christmas home decor trends!
- Need a new wreath for your front door, check out these 10 beautiful holiday wreaths!
- You have to see this easy pink and pearl DIY garland!
- Learn how to pick the perfect Christmas theme idea!
Favorite CHRISTMAS GIFT FINDS
Time to start Christmas shopping so here are some of our favorite finds for the Gamers in your life!
A New Recipe to Try
Thanksgiving can be so difficult for people with food allergies and sensitivities!
If you have a guest that is gluten-free, here’s a simple GF pumpkin pie recipe!
Posts You Might Like From Our Archives
Don’t leave yet! You might like to see these posts from years past!
If you’re going to start decorating for Christmas right after Thanksgiving, here’s a post sharing Seven Ways to Decorate for Christmas on a Budget!
Have you seen our most popular Christmas DIY? These cone Christmas trees are easy to make with yarn and look fabulous!
Have a wonderful week and a happy Thanksgiving, and we’ll look forward to seeing you back here next Saturday!
Blessings, Donna and Rich
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Donna I absolutely love your Thanksgiving dishes and lovely Nativity 🙂 thank you for mentioning my pink and pearl tree garland this week too friend 🙂 Hugs xx Tanya
Hi Tanya! Loved your sweet garland and was happy to share it! Have a wonderful week!
Hello!
That’s a lot of Christmas boxes!! It must be so fun to unpack those each year. Thanks for sharing my post today, Donna! I appreciate it!! Hope you have a great rest of the weekend!
Thanks Rachel! Our weekend will be very busy decorating for Christmas, but I don’t mind because it’s so fun! Hope you have a great week!