christmas on hillary circle

this is our 3rd christmas being married. our first christmas we had just moved into our apartment at the end of october and just started jobs so our budgets were pretty much non-existant. our tree was tiny and i just got some silver and red ornaments from target threw them on the tree and we were done. we were also gone every weekend that year in december to watch austin's playoff football games. that was the extent of our christmas decorating.

last year we had just moved out of our apartment and we were staying with my parents so we didn't have to have decorations because i helped my mom with hers.

and this year... when we got a house i was so excited to decorate for christmas! i had forgotten about our pretty much non existant decorating at our apartment so when i opened up our christmas stuff i was stunned because we had pretty much nothing. depressing.

i asked justin what colors we should use.. you know a theme... and his response was, "i don't care but not gold." why not gold? "i just don't like gold." i figured since he barely ever gives his opinion when it comes to decorating and color schemes i should honor his wish. so silver it was. silver, reds, and whites.

i wish i had the eye to decorate and be creative. i don't. so i don't even know if this looks good. but i don't care because i love it and that is all that matters. christmas at hillary circle 2010...lots of pictures so i can remember years from now.

justin is mr. griswold so he spent hours and hours doing our outside lights. so far, we have gotten at least one compliment a night from someone walking or driving by. i love that it is so sparkly outside! (these pics were taken from my phone because im cameraless-- and they seem to have a yellowish tint to them.. hmm)

dont mind the brinks sticker on the window. we just hung it and scraping the sticker off is on the to do list. and the window looks crooked? hmm....

i forgot to take one of the mantle. oh well. merry christmas!!!!