Turkeys and Ornaments

First off, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! There is much to be thankful for isn't there!?!?
We were blessed to have Grandpa and Grandma Leman, Jake, Shayne and Brady Fehr, Matthew and Kristy Moore, and Kristy's sister Erika for our Thanksgiving dinner. We had a lovely evening! Several of us played games 'til near midnight!

Post Thanksgiving comes Christmas music and decor! Dan and I were traveling to Colorado last December 25th and by the time we got settled, Christmas was long over and therefore, no Christmas decor was set up. I really enjoyed setting up our Christmas paraphernalia together this year!

I had forgotten about this little nativity set. It is from Haiti.
My Dad gave it to me last year. Every little piece was wrapped in banana leaves and tucked safely in the little coconut hut. A memento of my "other" home!

Our tree

We received this angel for our wedding. We decided it was a bit too large for our tree....

So it made its home on the mantle!

Tree pictures are hard. Here's an attempt!

Another wedding gift. I like how it has verses written on the characters. The verses correlate to where that particular character appears in the Bible.

Extra strands of white lights (wedding leftovers!) found their place too.

During the holidays, it is so easy to leave the real reason we're celebrating suffocating in the turkey, lights, ornaments, and new years resolutions. May we choose to remember and focus on the CHRIST that we are thankful for, indebted to, and reliant upon!