Merry Christmas and an all-natural New Years!!

Yes... we had a very merry Christmas.  

Now to begin the new year with a clean slate! 

Mmmm... isn't it refreshing!!

Sorry, I'm not sure where these amazing pics came from... I had them in a folder on my desktop.

I've been cheating on themachinehouse with Pinterest... oops!

Yep, I caught the bug.  Pinterest is amazing, like google on crack but with good taste!  Check it out!!  

Here are some of my findings... 

Amazing boots

Comfy dress code for the fall

I could do that artwork

if only...

a bunch of yummy ideas

For links for all these pictures find me on Pinterest.  M'lea Cole!!

Decorating for Christmas... New Cole Tradition!

We have never had a tree... all 4 years of our marriage and no tree... ever!  Until this year!!!  And a real one none the less.  Yippee!!!
We wanted to surprise Stella with it so we put her to bed and then put the tree up.  She had a bad dream or something and woke up a little before we were done but thats ok.  While Stephen went to get her I turned out every light in the house including the tree.  Then Stephen brought her in and "SURPRISE" as I plugged it in.  She had such a great WOW face, I loved it.  I think this will be our new tradition for the rest of our existence.  And it will only get better with the next kiddo... that I am not prego with, yet!
Apologies for the pics.  Its hard to take pictures with that little of light:)