Thursday, May 15, 2014

Christmas Eve 2013

Christmas Eve was at my parents' house like usual.

A photo of Jemma I snapped while she was waiting to open presents.
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They were super patient!
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Kids come and take a picture by the tree. This is what I get.
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Time to open! We always go in order of age. This year we started with the youngest.
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Princess Sofia
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Another shopping cart.
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Uncle D please open for me!
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Clothes!
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Uncle D Rocks!
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Jemma helping Grandma open her KU snowman.
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Clothes for Jaxon. He doesn't think clothes are that exciting at this age but he'll learn.
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All they really need is bubble wrap.
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We went to the Christmas Eve service in Lewis. The kids are helping the pastor light the last advent candle.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Making Cookies for Santa 2013

We always enjoy making and decorating cookies for Santa every year. This year I made chocolate sugar cookies. It was good but not the best so probably go back to regular next year. We still had fun though.

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Off came the dress to keep it clean. Again I tried a new frosting that was more of a glaze that would get hard. Probably not a repeat recipe. I guess if I made sugar cookies all the time then I'd find my favorite but I don't do them b/c they're messy and if they're around I will eat them.
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Messy fingers.
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A few of the finished ones we took for Santa. We left the rest at Grandma's for others to enjoy.
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