Merry Christmas!

Here are some of the fun things we did yesterday. I should have included a picture of Chris and I plowing snow on our tractor, since we bought eachother the snowplow as our solitary gift giving effort this year, but I forgot to take a picture, so just try to imagine 2 feet of snow with 3 inches of ice underneath it. Happy Holidays!

Snuggling with Daddy! He's back!!!

Hadden and Calla's New Kitchen

I cooked a ham and a turkey breast! For those of you who know me well, you know this was huge and deserved photographic evidence.

Calla is just so cute!

Buckeyes!

My grandma--my mom's mom--used to make Christmas cookies every year. My favorites were always the buckeyes. Basically, they are a really yummy Reeses peanut butter cup. She passed away a little over a year ago, so this Christmas I thought I'd make buckeyes to carry on her tradition (and because they are yummy). The kids helped, by which I mean they ate as much as possible while standing on chairs at the counter, but I did the dipping after they went to bed.

Taking a chocolate bath












All done and waiting to be eaten

Calla really liked them!

What I should have taken a picture of was my hand after I was done dipping. Next week I'll post a picture of me on the treadmill, thanks to all the buckeyes! Sorry about the formatting issues. I'm still trying to figure out the logic behind blogger's justification of the pictures.

Making Bread With Mom

First, we mix the dough, or pound the metal measuring cups together to rupture people's eardrums, whichever you prefer

While we are mixing, we might as well spill a little flour...and eat some

Now, we need to form the loaves

But, first I think we should try the dough. Yummy!

All Done! Such big helpers!

Christmas Picture

Happy Holidays! Here is the kid's Christmas picture. We have some curse that says that we must lose all the addresses our in our Microsoft Outlook every year. We are also not smart enough to have backed them up, though after the 3rd time, one would have thought... Anyway, we'd love to send you an actual photo, if you'd be kind enough to email us your address, again. Happy Holidays!

Dancing With Daddy

Chris has been teaching Calla to dance lately...to her new favorite song, which should be playing, if I finally figured it out. I did shrink the player somehow, sorry (free blog advice always accepted!). I think we might have another music lover on our hands. Hope all your Thanksgivings were great! Ours was, and we survived black friday too.


On Daddy's Toes

Her Favorite part is the dip.