Whether you celebrate or not, I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas {and a Happy Hanukkah too}. May your days be filled with joy and laughter with time spent with family and friends…and may your lives be overwhelmed with an abundance of blessings. Have a safe and happy holiday……
Well I finally got our tree up last weekend…I know, only a week before Christmas. I am usually chomping at the bit to get the festive accessories up, but this year, as we are in the middle of a kitchen ceiling reno – the dust and furniture rearranging just didn’t make it possible. So last week I did some more rearranging and got the front room ready for the holiday!…
Every year around this time my sister in law {over}fills out tummies with her incredibly delicious Pumpkin Squares….of course the cream cheese icing doesn’t hurt either. It’s all so delicious. But since I’ve gotten my cake pop maker I’ve been trying to perfect them and have been making them like crazy! I had the great idea to try the pumpkin squares as cake balls….and guess what, it worked!!! So delicious 🙂 Here is the recipe: Beat Together: 4 eggs 1…
Well Christmas has finally come to our house….we are in the middle of some renos (kitchen ceiling) that have made for a pretty dusty experience so I was holding off. One week before Christmas and I couldn’t wait any longer! One of the things we did today was make sugar cookies. the kids had a blast cutting and decorating them – and I had fun watching them. Here is the recipe! 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (I use margarine) 3…
For the second year in a row, my husband has participated in Movember. Aside from the fact that my uncle passed away earlier this year from Prostate Cancer, and we recently found out one of Brent’s extended family was just diagnosed – I think it’s also a good excuse for Brent to have some fun with his facial hair. And take a break from all that shaving!…
So Brooklyn has saved her birthday money to buy an American Doll. But because we haven’t ordered it yet, I want to add some items for Christmas to it to do the shipping all at once. So I had her go through her magazine the other day (after her bath – before her hair was brushed) and circle all the things she would like to have – just to give ideas. She had a lot of fun! Just yesterday we…