Being that this Christmas may be our last one in this house, I’ve been taking lots of pictures to try to perserve the sweet memories of our time here.   I’ve been thinking of doing a blog post about it and then I saw that the Nester’s Christmas Tour of Homes was coming up, so I thought I’d join in as a way to document this special place and time in our life.

So welcome to our home!

We’ve lived in this house for 5 1/2 years.  It’s the longest we’ve lived in one house since we were married.  It’s the only house our children have ever known and it’s been very special to us.

Come on in!

 

Here’s a little of what you’ll see in the TRAPP’s house this Christmas…

I bought all of these stockings before we even had kids.  I had the ones for Brian and I monogrammed and saved the other two for when we had children.  It’s so sweet to me to see all four of them hanging there.  I’m so blessed!!!

 

This year we began reading The Advent Jesse Tree, adding one ornament for each story/devotional.  I can’t even begin to tell you how WONDERFUL this book is!  Lillie Kate absolutely loves it and can’t wait until we read it each night.  I highly recommend it if you are thinking about doing an advent countdown next year.

Lillie Kate picked out this tree for her room at Hobby Lobby.  She would probably keep it in there year round if I’d let her.

 

a Santa I bought when Brian and I were newly married

 

 a pewter nativity scene given to me by my aunt (which now is missing a lamb thanks to my kiddos)

 

 and a Christmas village schoolhouse given to me by my dad after I became a teacher.  I love that it says Veritas, which is Latin for “truth”, over the door.

 Thanks for stopping by!  From our family to yours, have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

 

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