Man of the House

Turned the manroom into an office.  New flooring, did some fishing decor, and hung one of the deer hides along the back of the desk

Happy Yall-idays

Faux fireplace in our Texas themed master bedroom... Decorated for the Christmas season.

Christmas 2011

Our stockings above the fireplace.   



Our neighbor across the street left us a phone message telling us that this year's yard decor was "simple but elegant."



Trying to decide about outlining the roof with a straight strand of white lights and putting a garland with bows over the front door...

A - Door - Able

These are some old pantry doors that we got at a church garage sale.  I framed the boys senior photos in some silver frames that I bought at the dollar store.  Then we attached the boys' engraved Gerber baby spoons next to their pictures. 
 
 

Light It Up

Got this fabulous lamp at an auction for $50! 
We plan to put a leather-look shade on it instead of the copper star shade that came with it.

Egg Nog Pancakes

Update - photos of our Christmas pancakes.

 

This is as close of a copycat recipe as we could get to the IHOP Eggnog Pancakes that we ate before Thanksgiving. 

Pancakes
Syrup
Whipped Cream
Eggnog Cream (recipe below)
Nutmeg & Chopped nuts for garnish

Eggnog Cream Recipe
Eggnog
Instant pudding (we used cheesecake flavor, but french vanilla or vanilla might be a little less rich)
Mix the pudding mix with as much eggnong as the mix calls for.  We used 2 cups of eggnog instead of 2 cups of milk for the small package instructions.

Slather the pancakes with the eggnog cream, drizzle with syrup.  Top with whipped cream and garnish with chopped nuts and nutmeg.

Dish It Out

Did a little redesign on the barnwood / chicken wire frame that Banny made us a few years ago.  Took off the little watering can and flowers and replaced it with a place setting of chna from Shelli's childhood.  It looks great in the dining room!