Next Christmas...PEACOCK...

We finally got the tree up last night...

And the kids had full control... they did an amazing job!

Pictures will be posted tomorrow..

My mother has a Christmas "thing" that used to drive me BONKERS...

my mother liked to have "themes" on our Christmas trees..

depending on her mood, or where she had been that year..

would determine the kind of tree we had..

Oh yes.. I still remember the JAMAICA tree we had one year..

What I didn't like about her themes was that she changed our ornaments so often..

we never really had any special.. that we LOVED..

well except our special balls.. with our names written in GLITTER...

LOVED THOSE

and the ornaments that she & dad had from their childhood.

Sooo being the daughter of DiAnn... I too would grow up to have a THEME on my tree..

Our theme would be TRAVEL... oh.. and boats...  ugh.

Had to stick with the whole Caribbean  (where hubby & I met theme)

I would collect ornaments from the different countries we visited,,,

Nice blown glass ornaments were always my favorite..

As Eva dropped onr of the blown glass suitcases last night (eye roll on the suitcase)

I decided I need a NEW THEME for next year..

I want PEACOCK & PICTURES..

Not sure how I will do it.. but I am sure it will be FABULOUS..

(just like my travel tree)

I will start buying ornaments RIGHT NOW.. so everything is ready for next year..

this peacock tree is a weee bit over the top for me... but I like the colors..

MUST have these stockings...

Oooo about 15 of these... with pictures of the kids/family...  throughout the year

Just needed to make my own little pinterest on here.. :-) 

OK.. tomorrow pictures of the very LIGHT Christmas decorations going on here...

Be nice to each other.. & stay warm...