Show and Tell Friday

Welcome into my Home! This is my first time participating in Show and Tell Friday over at Kelli's Blog, There Is No Place Like Home. I really like the idea of this carnival because it makes me look around my home for things that I find to be extra special. When I was thinking about participating I was looking around my home and things kept jumping out at me. I thought, "Wow! I really do have some special things here. What a wonderful home I have!"


For this first week I would like you to see my little Dicken's Village I set up for the first time this Christmas. A couple years ago I got my first Dicken's house. It is the Ebenezer Scrooge Counting House that is to the right of the lovely church. That was the only one I had for awhile and it often had a cozy place under the tree.

This year my little exploded into three more buildings and the trees. You see, my Mom loved collecting these houses each year and she always created a lovely display at Christmas. My Mom went to see Jesus in 2001 and the houses stayed at my Dad's house until this year. My Stepmom often displayed them with love but this year she told us kids (my sister, brother, and me) to please divide them up and take them to our own homes. So, we met around the table with all the boxes displayed and we talked, traded, and negotiated until we all got what we wanted.

I LOVE having this little village displayed right by the tree. Every night when we are going to bed we say goodnight to our little villagers as we turn out their lights and every morning Caleb and I say good morning as it is brought back to life. Not only is it pretty but it is also a little bit of my Mom and her love in our home.