Christmas Day

December 25

These are the stocking I have made for the kids. We have the names going across the front. I just love them and was really glad to get Milk Dud's done before Santa arrived. This is how they looked Christmas morning.

All three kids got what they asked Santa for.

Candy - "boogy board that is straight"

Milk Dud - "squeaky shoes"

Ice Cream - bokugan
Santa was kind and gave them each a few other things. They were excited to both get sleds, stuffed lovie animals, undies, socks, books, and candy.

Uncle Pizza really enjoys when one kid sits on his lap, but today he got all three. I think I will have to remind him of this as he was the next one to get the flu.

Candy and Milk Dud helped Papa peal the potatoes. We had a tasty turkey dinner.

We needed to try the new sleds out so we headed outside after supper!!

We ended the day with a little more snuggle time and a new movie. Milk Dud does not watch t.v. yet but he snuggled in for this picture and then went to bed.

Christmas Eve

December 24th

We spent Christmas Eve enjoying each other and celebrating. We started the day with back bends. Not sure why, but the kids all of a sudden started doing them. Milk Dud tried to copy (that is all he is doing is copy, copy, copy) but could not quite get it.

We then decided to make our lefse. We did not even comb hair before we started. It is a messy process. We all ate as much as we wanted and had plenty left. Papa mixed all the lefse the night before and the guys took turns frying as I was busy rolling.

We then got ready for church with time to spare for a few beautiful pictures. I have been trying to get in a few extra pictures as I am usually behind the camera.

When we arrived at church NO ONE was there. I think the whole family thought I had the wrong time by hours. I had only missed it by 1/2 hour so we had time to take more pictures before people even arrived at church. I think being this early is a first for our family.

I just have to remember this for next year.

We had a wonderful meal back at home. We celebrated with crab legs, meat balls, mashed potatoes, lefse, fruit, and cookies.

We open gifts on Christmas Eve. We all recieved many wonderful gifts and were blessed. We then had everyone get into their Christmas pj's and had one last surprise for our family. We got wii for the family. We have really enjoyed the family evenings playing and taking turns. We played for a few hours and then headed to bed for Santa to come.

Candy and Ice Cream have been planning Christmas Eve since Thanksgiving. They were going to have a sleepover together so they could get up early to check out their stockings. They moved their beds together onto the floor in Ice Cream's room, set up all their favorite things around them, and fell right to sleep. As they fell asleep, I needed to go finish Milk Dud's stocking. I have made us all stockings. Last year he was little and someone gave him a great stocking, so this year I had to get it done. I finished it by 10:00 pm!!!

Post-Thanksgiving Gathering

November 29th

We were excited to head down the street to

Aunt and Uncles for a post-Thanksgiving celebration.

Thanks for hosting a great day of food, family, and relaxation.

Here are some of the pies. (One was eaten the night before and our Pumpkin Cake Roll is in there also.)

Black Friday

November 28

For those that do not know, we love shopping in Papa Popcorn and Nana Banana's town on black Friday. It is much smaller town and has most of the stores we want to go to. We can also always talk people into watching the kids sleep at 4:00 am (thanks Uncle Pizza, and Nana for helping out.) We were able to find some wonderful gifts, and many things for ourselves. Doughnut and I just really enjoy the time together but we were really tired that night.

I was given a wonderful birthday gift from my parents and it was to take a pie making class. Since my aunt heard I was taking a pie making class, she said I could bring pies to Thanksgiving at her house. My class was the weekend before. As I was walking out the door, the phone rang and the class was cancelled. I then was worried about making pies for Thanksgiving. My mother (who is a wonderful cook) said we could make them at her house, and she would teach me. The class sent all the recipes we were going to make so we were set. We ended up making 6 pies!!

We made: Blueberry, Cherry, Pecan Pie, Honey Chocolate Pecan Pie, Chocolate Carmel Banana Pie, Carmel Apple Pie

Candy is always ready to help in the kitchen!!!

Thanksgiving Day

We were excited to be at Doughnuts family for Thanksigiving Day. And since our wonderful aunt was VERY sick, we all went out for a great meal. (No dishes, no prep work, no feeling ill because you ate too much, no leftovers.... ok the last one was a downfall about eating out.)

We had a great meal and wonderful company.

We then went to Grandma and Papa's for desserts and family time.

Candy and Ice Cream enjoying making crafts with Grandma all afternoon.

They made clay necklaces.

Clay necklaces drying after being painted.

Milk Dud loves art now also. He also really enjoyed riding the tractor.