This blog is my attempt to document our busy but BLESSED lives raising and educating our children for His glory. A child of God, wife to one, and mom to 6 fabulous kids. We are in our 16th year of homeschooling using a Classical ~ Literature based approach.

Come along for the good, the bad & the ugly.



Sunday, December 13, 2009

Christmas tour 2009





Thanks for stopping by, welcome to my home. If you like peeking into others houses then you need to hop. skip. jump. FLY if you have too, on over to The Nesting Place and peek inside other blogger's home!



entry foyer




formal dining



all 7 stocking hung with care



I didn't get that wall painted as planned





Main tree






secret Santa tree



Advent calendar



Secret Ornament exchange partner Barbara from Dogmom Diva sent me these cuties







Leaving so soon... I hope your enjoyed your tour!





46 comments:

  1. BEAUTIFUL JACQ! everything looks very nice. i wish we could spend CHRISTmas with you guys... you did a very nice job. love the paint square it looks sooo festive.

    aj

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  2. Yes, I am starting a new trend; painting squares of color on your wall instead of the whole wall :-D Enjoyed your tour too, woke Mike to see your tree again!

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  3. I love your front porch decor - so pretty! Your daughters are beautiful! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and for your prayers. Merry Christmas to you!

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  4. It all looks so pretty and welcoming!! Your trees are gorgeous and I love your entry way!! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!♥

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  5. Everything looks great - I especially love your entryway and pretty decorated banister. Merry Christmas!

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  6. Everthing looks beautiful..I really like the ELF card...Thanks for sharing...

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  7. What a wonderful Christmas you'll have with your beautiful family in your festive home! Thanks for stopping by my site, as well! Don't all these homes just get you in the holiday spirit? Blessings to you all!!!

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  8. Love how you did everything - the mantle - so cute with all those wonderful stockings.

    Great advent calendar and love how you did the entryway.

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  9. OMGoodness!!! what a precious family. how beautiful you all are!!! you are busy!!! and your house is beautiful! i can't believe you had time to put up 2 trees. wow. but i am sure you had helpers. love your door - too!

    hope you have a lovely week! thanks for the tour!

    blessings!
    kellie

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  10. Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I am glad you did. Your home is beautiful and you family is just prescious!

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  11. Everything is lovely! I particularly like the topiaries and the advent calendar. :-)

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  12. Thanks for visiting my tour! Your home is lovely and I especially like all the traditional colors!!

    Have a blessed Holy season!

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  13. You have a lovely home and beautiful daughters. I have 5 - four girls and a boy. Have a blessed Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior. I hope your school days get off to a good start this coming New Year.
    Lisa

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  14. soooooo beautiful!!!!! and I love your daughter's names, and they are just gorgeous girls! if the navy ever brings you to connecticut we should meet up - we homeschool too! =)
    kathy k.

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  15. I love your front entry topiaries. You have a lovely home.

    Blessings & Merry Christmas!

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  16. I love your wreath, you can link up pics of it at my place tomorrow if you'd like :)

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  17. What a gorgeous home! I love the trees especially, so beautiful!

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  18. Merry Christmas to you and your blessed family!

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  19. Found you from the Nesting Place tour....love your home....thanks for sharing!

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  20. Thanks for visiting! I LOVE your topiary trees by the front door! Merry Christmas!

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  21. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I am secretly ecstatic that my boy loves that Charlie Brown enough to chew on it. :) We've watched the Christmas special about 70 times on the DVR. It's probably going to explode!

    I love your front entry decor, especially the topiaries and wreath outside.

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  22. Very beautiful! Love that front door wreath!

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  23. Oh, forgot to mention that I'm married to a former Marine - please tell your Husband thanks for serving us in the Navy. We have a friends who are on staff at a church in Hampton, VA so if you're ever looking for a new church, they'd love to have you!

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  24. i like your topiaries on the front porch!

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  25. Everything is just lovely! I especially love your entry way!

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  26. Everything looks wonderful! I love the "JOY" above your fireplace!

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  27. Your decor is adorable - I just LOVE your front porch!

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  28. Everything is so pretty! Thanks for your comments on my home tour! Merry Christmas!

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  29. Merry Christmas! So fun to discover so many fun blogs through the tour! Your front door/entry is fabulous!

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  30. I loved the tour. I really like that little red square-ish vase that holds candy canes on the advent table. Caught my eye.

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  31. What a beautiful family, and home, you have!! LOVE your front door- so pretty!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me a comment, too! Merry Christmas!

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  32. Thanks for the comment! I love your decorations too! I was homeschooled all the way through High School and plan on homeschooling my future children as well. =) It is such a wonderful thing you are doing for your daughters!

    Merry Christmas, and God Bless!

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  33. Beautiful!! I love your front door and those topiaries on either side...really great! Thanks for sharing your home, it's so inviting. And you have 5 darling daughters! Love them as elves :) Thanks for stopping by my home as well...Many Christmas Blessings to you!

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  34. Looks like a house filled with love and joy. Thanks for sharing and thanks for stopping by.

    Merry Chrismtas!

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  35. Everything is beautiful! I love your wreath, too :)
    Merry Christmas!

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  36. Very pretty! I love the decor on your porch and the inside! The trees are beautiful! You have very cute kids and I love your blog by the way!
    Merry Christmas!!
    Summer

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  37. Your decor is lovely! I love The Nester's Tour! :) I really love your front door and trees! soo beautiful! ~God bless & Merry Christmas!

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  38. Thanks for stopping by my blog! Your family is beautiful!! And I love your Christmas decorations:) Your front door wreath is awesome!

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  39. Everything looks so cozy and inviting....you have a beautiful family!! Thanks for sharing

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  40. Beautiful! I love your Advent Calendar. FIVE girls?! Wowzers! I thought I was on drama queen overload with just two. :)

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  41. What color are you going to paint your wall?

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  42. It's going to be Crabby Apple by Sherwin Williams for the fireplace wall.

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  43. Your home is beautiful! Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a sweet comment! Merry Christmas to you and your family :)

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  44. Your entry is so pretty!

    Thanks for showing us around. Come by and visit me anytime. Merry Christmas!

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  45. I love those topiaries in the front porch! Thanks for showing us around! I am stopping in from Nester's place. To see my tour click on the 'Christmas 2009' tag on the left sidebar of my blog.

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  46. Jacquelin, oh your home is beautiful. How do you do all you do with five beautiful daughters and a hubby? and so nice to see the ornaments I sent you, they look great on your tree, glad you are enjoying them. I have the cute little doggies on my mantle, they look great up there and aren't hidden in the tree! Woof!
    I hope you don't mind but I do a Pink Saturday post everyweek and our task is to introduce a blogger new to us, so I put a link to your blog, I hope you don't mind and I hope some lovely ladies stop by to say hi to you!
    God Bless and have a magical Christmas..and all of God's many blessings upon you.
    hugs:)) Barb

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