A recipie for a tasty Christmas

It's Christmas time and lots going on. Here is a taste. (I cannot guarantee that your computer monitor will actually taste like Christmas but you are welcome to give it a try).

First ingredient: Tree.

A dash of hot chocolate and a pinch of strangers singing carols by a fire

A generous portion of family portraits

An ounce of sarcasm

A gallon of disbelief that she is actually sitting on Santa's lap!

One big ass pile of snow at 6am Christmas morning.

Splash of "dog has to pee but snow froze the screen door closed so you have to go outside with a chisel to get it open for her...at 6am".

Let rise for 1 to 2 hours and bake at 12 degrees for 3 days.

Let cool and enjoy.

Now let's Limbo!!!

Delayed by snow: Christmas part 2.

Oh the stories we could tell. And we did tell.

So... when does Santa come back again?

(In a lovely bit of irony I forgot to take pictures of the one Christmas thing that I actually DID bake. The cookies! You'll just have to trust me that they turned out looking good and tasting yummy)

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Anybody hungry for an apple? A BIG apple.

Working backwards

A little over due for a post I'd say. Let's work backwards to the last one, just for fun. Right before we left for thanksgiving we got to visit with Anthony, Liana, Lilli, and Mia. There was a lot of running around going on so it was hard to get them all in one picture. This is about the best we could do.

Few weeks before that, the family decided to take a trip down to Pittsburgh to get a little Chicken Annies...or was it Chicken Patties??? Took a little stroll through campus to let the food settle afterwards. Avery and Rob were having a sitting contest.

Group photo.

Cameron the Red Nose Old guy. Had a very...silly nose?

I believe this was a technical discussion on the anatomy of an acorn.

Ah, the Mildale Farm fall festival. Fun times, fun times.

I'll let you figure this one out.

I don't know who these guys are.

And finally, it was time for the winter hair cut. It's amazing how much money you can save when you let your kid do it for you.

All kinds of birthday stuff

Scary ghost or friendly ghost?

Dance class had a Halloween party tonight so we had to suit up for the big occasion.

I think she's got this ghost thing down. What do you think?

The dance party was quite a hoot. Lots of kids, lots of costumes, lots of candy.

All Sorts of Wedding Fun.

Bubbles, flower girls, cousins, forgotten dress cloths & last minute trip to the mall to replace them, dancing, cake, playgrounds, hotels, swimming pools, road trips, polka dots, and fun fun fun.

Zoos-a-ma-froos

No summers complete without a trip to your friendly neighborhood zoo.