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 17 - Calling in the Troops & Forgiving Myself
The Write 31 Days Challenge - 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 17 (day 1 starts here) My husband felt helpless to help me, especially because I’d not wanted him to share with others how messed up I really was. But on the night when he found me at my worst, my frazzled, someone-please-help-me-with-my-wife hubby, placed…
Day 16 - God Speaks to my Heart & a Cute DIY
The Write 31 Days Challenge - 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 16 (day 1 starts here) It is sometimes so hard doing this Write 31 Days thing because after I hit publish I tend remember things I wish I’d said. For instance, I wrote previously about my comment to the Pastor’s wife where I told…
Day 15 - Coming to the End of Myself
The Write 31 Days Challenge - 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 15 (day 1 starts here) A couple of days ago I mentioned texting back-and-forth with my childhood friend who has been very encouraging to me as I’ve been telling this story. Knowing that she’s following along I shot off yet another text to her…
Day 14 - Starting Over or Giving Up?
The Write 31 Days Challenge - 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic Day 14 (day 1 starts here) The onset of Summer and life at the new lake house was a soothing balm to my soul. Sunny weather is like that for me. As Kelly and I renewed our commitment to our marriage we began studying the…
Day 13 - Only the Beginning of the Hard
The Write 31 Days Challenge - 31 Days,Every Day, One Topic Day 13 (day 1 starts here) Recently, as I was texting back and forth with a childhood friend about this series, I typed: “I’m anxious to get through the rest of the hard in the story . . . I want to get to…
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