Our First Christmas at the Lake House

Welcome to the first Christmas at our new lake house. I know, I know, I’m not your typical blogger who has her Christmas pictures up two weeks before Thanksgiving so as to inspire you in your own decorating endeavors. I’ll admit, it’s taken me longer to decorate this year with all of the figuring out where things will go!

It’s also been hard to get a post up because, as I’ve said before, the Internet speed is incredibly slow out here in the country (they’ve promised that will change sometime in the future) and it takes hours and hours to do just one post.

Since I’ve already spent far too much time playing with my photos I’m going to breeze through with very little talk today and a whole lot of pictures.

I’ll start with the dining room, which is immediately to the right as you come in the front door.


I did a natural centerpiece this year with fresh greens and pinecones on silver and white.





Beyond the dining room is the entry hall.






Which is open to the great room.








The great room is open to our kitchen dining nook.



And right around the corner from that is the kitchen. As you can see, our living space is pretty open here.




The dining nook and kitchen look directly out onto the screened porch, and the lake beyond.


If you were to walk out onto the deck you would see another door which leads into our master bedroom. I haven’t added many Christmas decorations here. Only a small tree and three wreaths above the bed. By the way, you can also get to our bedroom from a hallway behind the kitchen. I didn’t want you to think we had to walk outside to go to bed 🙂



We have many beautiful sunrises at the lake and this is what I’m hoping our company will see on Christmas morning. That just might make it the best Christmas ever!

I’m praying for faster Internet speeds so I can share posts with you more often. In the meantime, I do post updates almost daily on Instagram if you’d like to follow along there.
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas and many blessings in the New Year.
Patti
I’ve been known to link up to the following great parties!!!
Sunday:
SundaysAtHome, SilverPenniesSundays, RusticAndRefined, Spiritual Sundays
Monday:
IShouldBeMoppingTheFloor, TheDedicatedHouse, Dwellings, ProjectInspired, InspireMeMonday, CelebrateYourStory, Darling Downs Diaries, MomentsOfHope, Glimpses, SittingAmongFriends, InspireMeMonday,
Tuesday:
TalkOfTheTown, HomeStoriesAtoZ, AStrollThruLife, CoastalCharm, CedarHillFarmhouse, TuesdaysAtOurHome, TheWinthropChronicles, Rich Faith Rising Unite Linky, Testimony Tuesday,Cheerleaders of Faith,Tell His Story WorthBeyondRubies
Wednesday:
SavvySouthernStyle, A Wise Woman Builds Her Home, Woman to Woman Word Filled Wednesdays, Coffee for Your Heart, MessyMarriage, ThreeWordWednesday, WriterWednesday
Thursday:
ShareYourStyle, ImpartingGrace, EmbracingChange, HaveADailyCupOfMrsOlson, MyRepurposedLife, ADelightsomeLife, KatherinesCorner, Thought Provoking Thursday, SincerelyPaulas, ThoughtfulThursday, Tune-inThursday
Friday:
FrenchCountryCottage, TheCharmOfHome, TheDedicatedHouseAnythingBlueFriday, ShabbyliciousFriday, Faith’nFriends, Dance With Jesus FreshMarketFriday
Saturday:

Day 27 – Maintaining our Freedom & a DIY Journal
Write 31 Days – 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 27 (day 1 starts here) I cannot believe how close we are to the end of this 31 Days. It has been intense y’all. I’ve shared my story, my path to freedom, and I’ve shared how the enemy would like to steal that freedom right back!…

Day 26 – When the Enemy Comes to Steal our Freedom
The Write 31 Days Challenge – 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 26 (day 1 starts here) How free are you? From our experience leading Freedom Session we’ve come to realize that a great number of people sitting in church are living under bondage of some sort and not free in the way Christ meant for…

Day 25 – Look God, I’m the Patti You Created me to be!
The Write 31 Days Challenge – 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 25 (day 1 starts here) In this 31 day series I’ve shared how God entered into my story of brokenness and walked along with me on a custom designed healing journey. Even after we began directing Freedom Session the healing continued as we learned…

Day 24 – Relate, Restore, Release
The Write 31 Days Challenge – 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 24 (day 1 starts here) Thoughts like these can keep us from being authentic. Especially as Christ followers, trying to live holy like Jesus! Believing this way caused me to put on my happy mask every day for years, all while trying to hide…

Day 23 – Believing New Thoughts
The Write 31 Days Challenge – 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 23 (day 1 starts here) So I’ve already shared with you that forgiveness is the KEY to freedom – Forgiveness of Self, Others, and God – and having others who cared enough to pray prayers of forgiveness with me made a huge impact on…
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