Christmas Baking

After my friends were over this weekend, and Ashley was the only one at the house while they were over. I had a major problem. Because my friend made these cute 'reindeer' candies and Ashley got to help and you know she had to let Clara know that she got to help 'bake' while Clara was gone. I don't even have to tell you how well that went over. NEEDLESS to say, we made more reindeer candies tonight so that Ashley could show Clara how they were made. Oh Geez! Girls! But I did have fun baking with them and watching their anticipation of what they would taste like.








Finished product is suppose to be a reindeer face with an m&m nose - the pretzel is the ears.

Craft Day/Weekend

Well, several of my friends and I got together, as we do every year, to make some crafts. This is because we are so poor that we can't afford to buy gifts for all of those special people in our lives like our kids' teachers (because we have a zillion of them). This weekend we started Friday and night and didn't end until Sunday aftenoon - off and on throughout the entire weekend. But what a blast and how rewarding it was to see the finished product. Here are just a few pictures

HOPE THEY ENJOY THEM AS MUCH AS WE ENJOYED MAKING THEM!!!!!!!!



A decorated picture frame


All the pictues frames during the process of completing them.



"FAMILY" boards we made. These aren't finished until we tie the curly wire and a huge bow on the top. They turned out cuter than this picture does them justice.

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Back at Thanksgiving

Over the week of Thanksgiving, Keith's cousin and his family came to spend the week with us. We had a crazy but fun week. Over the course of that week, we had 4 adults and 8 kids staying with us. (Our 4, their 2, and then Raylynn and Ryan (Ray's kids) came to stay with us to. We had a blast. A couple of things we did was visit the JFK muesum at the 6th Floor Book Depository and The Ft. Worth Stockyards. Both were so much fun for those from out of town and those who live here. I personally have lived in DFW my entire life and NEVER have been to the Book Depository Muesum. It was fun having conversations with Richard (he was the only one really old enough to know all about the events it describe). Here are some pictures of our week's events!



Ashley and Piper (She's 8)


Brother's from another mother (Keith and his cousin)

The Stockyards - Lilly, Clara, Piper, Ashley, Raylynn, and Ryan

Lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse - Jeremy, Christine, and Piper

More Lunch - Clara, Lilly, Ash, and Ricahrd


The Kids with JFK and Jackie O.