Baking Marathon!

Mom and I spent most of yesterday baking, and it was a blast! We are planning on making baskets for a few of our neighbors. We made chocolate chip, oatmeal, ginger snap, peanut blossoms, sugar cookie sandwiches and some gingerbread! I hope we have some left for us to eat! Yumm!

Winter Wonders (Odes to Joy)

Justin's annual school program was on the 18th. It was a lot of fun! Justin is in the back row, right in the middle where the kids "part". He is wearing a red polo shirt. The entire 3rd grade sang "The Christmas Waltz", "Heri za Kwanzaa", "Candles, Candles", and "Yellow Snow".

Building of a Gingerbread House

Gram-Gram, Justin and I had fun putting together a gingerbread house! I think we all decided next year we are making our own frosting so we can get it to "glue" the way we want it to! But I think it turned out great and it was wonderful to have the time together!

Sun and Snow make for a Beautiful Day!

After yesterday's darkness and snow overnight, it was wonderful to wake up this morning to blue skies and sunshine! We did get a bunch more snow overnight, but it's breathtaking outside!!!

Taco Invention....

We love taco's at our house! A friend of mine does "Taco Tuesdays" and I am thinking we should do the same thing! I usually do soft tacos; I just warm them up in a pan. John's mom has always done small corn ones, that she fries up in oil and puts on paper towels. I've tried it a few times, but I can never get them to come out right, so I just don't do it. John decided he wanted to try it, so he made a "drying stand" so that we could have them folded like restaurant taco shells. I think it worked out great! He built it with left over pine at the job!

Let it Snow!!!

Here are some pictures I just took from our front porch.....we've got at least 14 inches out there right now..probably more!!!

Rub a Dub Dub...Who Needs a Tub????

Jacob has totally outgrown his baby bathtub...it seems like ages ago! I have been bathing him, with me, in our spa tub, but when I'm pooped out that seems like such a big production! I have to get in, Daddy has to hand him to me, then Daddy has to come back in later to get him out of the tub so I can get out of the tub....I love taking baths with him but I tried plunking him in the kitchen sink and he LOVED it! He's also been clapping for a while now, and has just started doing the "Queen" wave and I happened to get it on camera! Yippee!