Some Christmas Pictures

Thought I would share some Christmas pictures, Enjoy!

Our Christmas tree, "enhanced" but yes this was out tree.

Present from Santa for one special little princess.

Present from Santa, our little drummer boy

Fun opening presents!!!

Proud Oregon Duck fan, my MOM :)

A gift for both of them to enjoy :)

and last but not least...

My Nephew, wearing his Christmas present from my daughter :)

Hope everyone had a great Christmas, thanks for stopping by!

Special Ornaments

Everyone should have a special ornament to hang on the tree. It creates such a memory and makes decorating the tree just a lil more special.

These as you can tell are my kids first ornaments . Both have a bear theme...hmm maybe all of theirs will. They are still young so I have time to decide that :) They also each have a silver bell ornament with their first initial on it. Putting up these ornaments is like getting to unwrap a early present especially to my daughter. She was so happy to hang her own on the tree. Being the oldest she also gets to put the star on the tree, it's cute to see my husband lift her up to put it up there.



This is one of a dozen of my porcelain angels. I begged my mom for them when I was an adult with my own Christmas tree. I need to research it a bit more but these angels are my lil bit of vintage for the holidays as they are keepsakes from before my mom was born. I'm not really sure how old they are but for me they are a huge connection between my grandma and me (as far as I know she bought them.)
Do you have a special ornament? I'd love to hear about it

pin curls, a lil better this time.

I was not 100% pleased with this attempt and I know what I am doing wrong but still not bad turn out. What do you think?

Springfield Christmas Parade

I have been going to the Springfield Christmas Parade since I was a little girl. Growing up in a small town like Springfield Oregon it is just one of the staples of childhood around here. I was in it several times for Girl Scouts. I could tell you horror stories about walking in the "oldest and coldest parade in the North West." Today it was only 33 degrees outside but at least it didn't rain or hail :)

Springfield is a small town but we can throw a pretty good parade. Although most of the entries are either old cars or logging trucks.








This cute dog got tired of the parade quickly


And of course what would a Christmas Parade be with out Old St. Nick?


I'm looking forward to posting a lot more about Springfield and the surrounding area in the next year. I hope you enjoyed my little glimpse of the Springfield Christmas Parade.