Gingerbread Weekend

Gingerbread day just happened to be at the same time as the BTech Christmas event, so the kids came up and we made a whole weekend out of it. Kori has been working so hard on this Christmas event. She got to dress up as an elf and help out Santa. She had so much fun talking to the kids all night. Livi and Ivy had lots of fun doing all the activities, they especially loved frosting cookies and seeing the real live reindeer. On Saturday, the girls woke up super early! Which gave this Poma a chance to snuggle and read some books with them before everyone else woke up. We saw the gingerbread houses downtown and then came home to decorate our own. Livi especially loved the decorating this year, she did not want to stop. While we fancied up our houses, Pop Pop created a stegosaurus in the backyard. Thanks everyone for a really great weekend!

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Nativity

This little nativity is one that I made for my mom when I was 10 years old. I found it when we were cleaning out the house and brought it down to show everyone. My mom had always wanted a nice nativity set, and I decided that year that I would make her one. I spent lots of time in the craft room with the door shut, my mom wondering what I was doing. I made these figures out of paper cups, felt, trim, embroidery floss and pipe cleaners, and I fastened everything together with straight pins! We were kind of horrified when I brought these home and saw all the pins. I hadn't remembered that that was how I fashioned them. We also chuckled at the little "kitty cat" sheep. That Christmas morning when my mom opened up my gift, she was so touched that she cried. I had not expected that and it made me feel so good to know that I had made her happy with my little homemade nativity set. We are going to display this set this year and think about my mom who is having a hard time right now.

Turkey Lurkey Time

We woke up Thanksgiving day to mass amounts of snow! We measured at least 13 inches. We shoveled out and built some snowmen in the morning before Thanksgiving dinner. We had a regular snowman, a deranged mutant killer monster snow goon, and a t-rex in the backyard. Our dinner this year was held at Maple Springs where Grandma Pauline and Grandpa Mike have been living since July. All of our Idaho family were supposed to be here too, but they couldn't make it down due to the snow. All we were supposed to make was a salad and a pie, so we scrambled to put together a presentable meal. We ended up with some delicious deli turkey and rolls, two salads, deviled eggs, olives, cheeseball and crackers, and yummy apple pie. It actually tasted delicious and was much easier than making a traditional turkey. We had lots of fun with the girls. We brought coloring pages, games and hot wheels to keep us all entertained. I think Grandma and Grandpa had fun too. The quote of the day comes from Ivy. I was putting her hood on her head and bugging her and she came out with "stop touching me!" We all rolled on the floor laughing, partly because it came out of nowhere and partly because of her parents' horrified reactions. It was so cute! The snow cleared enough for Colton and Karlee to make it home that night. Clint and Kori and I had fun playing some Settlers later in the evening. The next day our snowmen were looking pretty sad, poor things. It was a happy Thanksgiving and we are so grateful for family this year.