It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I'm a little delayed with this post, but as soon as we wrapped up Thanksgiving Chase & I got out the Christmas decor & got to work!  Being the bargain hunters that we are we have been on the hunt for discounted Christmas lights & a discounted pre-lit Christmas tree since last Christmas.  I watched some sales & researched online & we ended up with some great lights & a beautiful tree at a great price (true Culpepper fashion)!  

Here are a few pictures of us preparing for the holiday & the house completed, Enjoy!

Chase putting the tree together

I hated the clips for the lights...

Chase smiling because he was having so much fun...lol

I was a nervous wreck through out this part!

Team work!

The beautiful finished product!!

I think we did an awesome job for our first year!

The Culpeppers!

Our beautiful 9' pre-lit  rotating tree w/ white lights, colored lights,  & a dimmer mode!!
Oh did I mention for a good price? :)

Our stockings hung by our fish bowl fire place.

I hung Chase's lights from his child hood in our game room!

So adorable right?


I have to say a HUGE thank you to my wonderful husband who did such an amazing job making our home beautiful for the holidays.  Another big thank you goes out to my FIL for putting up with my OCD & helping put up our lights.
I am loving coming home to the beautiful lights & warm holiday decor each night!
I hope you all enjoy the pictures & that you can come by & enjoy it with us at some point!
XO-The Culpeppers

The First Culpepper Hosted Thanksgiving!

We had the pleasure of hosting Thanksgiving at our home this year.  Since I worked the day before my wonderful Mother, Aunt, & Sister prepared us a lovely feast with some yummy additions from Grandmother & Aunt Joan of course!  I got right to eating & forgot to take pictures of our beautiful table set up, but I got plenty of pictures of the rest of the day's festivities.  Enjoy!

Our Formal Dining

Our Casual Dining.
Next House we'll make sure we have a dining room
big enough to handle the masses :)

Just some of our deliciousness

Cousin Tracy & her bf Shane.  aka "Party Poopers" ;)

Grace, Tracy, & Shane

Me & my Mommy

Grandmother, Uncle Jack, & Aunt Joan

Best room for a food coma

Chase couldn't hang on for long, lol

Football & food comas, haha

The Culpeppers!

Bride & Groom to be!

Sisters!

and more Sisters!

The cooks!

Mom & Pop

Family Shot

So glad they spent the holiday with us!
Many more to come :)

Aw, the Drakes...minus our Sexy Lexi!

Annie found a friend in Uncle Jack

The Ping Pong playing begins!

We take it pretty seriously

Taboo! Game on!

The rivalry has begun...

They teamed up for a limited time

Mom & Cody doing their best to fend off the pros

Clumsy!
Which oddly enough was one of our taboo words just before this, lol

Let's just say they domintated

Sisters vs. Sisters!  Oh it was on!!

We don't play!
...We don't win either :(

Of course this is how the night ends...

Call of Duty....apparently.

    The holiday was well celebrated & one of my favorite so far.  Chase & I had such a wonderful time spending the day with family & we consider ourselves very thankful for the memories we made.  Now on to Christmas & lots more memories to come!  

Happy Holidays! 

XO-The Culpeppers

Halloween @ the Culpeppers

Last year we decided we'd throw a Halloween party & since then we've been stocking up on Halloween decorations & ideas.  We are pretty proud of how the house & treats turned out.  We had a great time with friends & family, here are some pictures & a little recap!

House on the night of.
You can't see it but we had a strobe light at the front door & haunted house music playing.

Dessert Table

Monster Munch Popcorn, Gummy aliens mixed with Gummy worms...yum!

Eyeball Cupcakes

Witch Wand Pretzel Sticks!  The ones that my mom & I didn't eat ;)

Grim Reaper & The Devil

"Chase" & Chase

Bones getting his drink on in the corner!

Party in full swing

My mom dressed as Martha Stewart;
Martha doesn't have anything on Kathy Drake's skills!

Lauren & "Lauren"

"Lauren & Chase" haha

Playing Just Dance on the Wii!

Too funny!

 Big thanks goes out to my mom who helped make this party happen & thanks to my MIL & Kevin for loaning us the necessary tools to get the party started ;)  Chase & I feel so grateful to have such great people in our lives to enjoy these times with.  We hope everyone had a great Halloween!

XO-The Culpeppers