{It’s not Christmas decor, but I love my new Lindsay Letters‘ sign hanging in our kitchen}!

I adore receiving Christmas cards in the mail! I keep them all year and we choose one every so often to pray over that family because I can’t stand to throw them in the trash. They’re all so sweet!

We use our wood-burning stove all day, every day in the winter. {I would prefer for that basket to be all stacked with cut firewood because it looks super cozy but this is real life and we use the newspapers as kindling}.

{How cute is Chiquita curled up in front of the fire? This is her permanent spot in the winter. We have to carry her outside to use the bathroom because she refuses to budge most days}.

Our tree this year is all crazy lopsided and the branches keep drooping which causes the ornaments to fall off every few days. Oh well. It’s still super pretty lit up at night and smells amazing. I just look past the droopiness :).

The photo above was taken right before our new sofa was delivered this morning. The one below is Nathan confirming that it is a comfy one!

If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I have been on a hunt for the perfect sofa for this space for months. Our other one is cute but REALLY uncomfortable so we decided to replace it {and move the old one up to the new apartment above the garage}. Dave insisted on a leather sofa because the kids would ruin it otherwise. I couldn’t find one that I liked because leather is tough. They’re either too fluffy or too manly. I just couldn’t commit. I finally found this one a couple months ago when I was out looking with the girls while the boys were at school. There were multiple meltdowns occurring so I quickly ordered it and headed out to the safety of our car before the full-blown meltdowns kicked in. And, in the midst of the chaos, I forgot to make sure it was actually comfortable. Dave was thrilled with me. Lucky for all, it is comfy and it fits the space perfectly! Whew.

Look at that cute baby! 🙂

We’re a little behind on our Jesse Tree devotionals this year, we need to play catch up this weekend. 🙂