Christmas 2009

It was a wonderful Christmas this year. We were surrounded by family & friends. We had alot going on. Raechel & Nathan both were in a church Christmas program. Nathan sang and Raechel did Human video with sticks and also ballet. It was called "Happy Birthday Jesus". They both did a wonderful job and we are very proud of them. Also, Nathan was in the 3rd Grade Christmas program at MES. He was an elf. He had several speaking parts and I was just amazed watching him. This was the child that a few years ago would not even go on the stage to sing at church. We are so very proud of his accomplishments. We also had Christmas with our family. Christmas Eve breakfast with my family and Christmas Eve night with Davids mom & family. The kids got alot of great presents and we had alot of great laughs and memories. David was off for Christmas Eve and Christmas this year. This was the 1st time since the kids have been alive. They were very excited to have Daddy with them all day. Then Christmas morning arrived. Lots of fun stuff. Elves, presents snacks and visits from our family for lunch. It was a wonderful & most memorable Christmas. Most of all gracious hearts to our Lord and Savior for his birth and our saving grace.

1st Gingerbread House

Tonight we made our 1st Gingerbread House ever. It was a lot of fun!! Messy but fun!! The kids enjoyed icing it putting candy on it and adding their own little touches. Mom helped as well. I had icing all over the table and me. I am not sure what they enjoyed more, building it or eating the icing. What great memories we will have of this Christmas!!!!

Thanksgiving/Black Friday - 11/27/09

Well I cannot believe that it is this time of year again. I love Thanksgiving. It is probably my favorite Holiday. I love being together with my family. We had a great time again this year. We ate lunch with GG and supper with Nanny & Pop. We celebrated as well with all of our siblings and their kids. We are such a blessed nation. God has blessed both sides of our families so much. We are all so thankful to be together again this year.

As for Black Friday - I was sooo exhausted.!!!! Myself, my sister and my mom went shopping together on Black Friday. We headed out around 3:30 a.m. and shopped literally until we dropped around 3:00 p.m. We stopped only for minutes to get a Starbucks coffee & cider around 5:30 and then around 12:30 we stopped for lunch at Olive Garden. One of all of our favorite restuarants. We had a wonderful day together!! Looking forward to going again next year. Oh BTW, we did find some really great deals if you are interested in that. However, the time we spend together meant much more!!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Twirling Time

Raechel loves Baton more and more each year. This will be her 3rd year of Twirling. We are very proud of her and her accomplishments. She has twirled in parades, recitals & fall festivals. Here are a couple of pics of her performing at the Margaret Day of Friendship.

Baseball Time

This year Nathan has played alot of baseball. We really enjoy watching him play. He is such the little athlete. We played Spring, All-Stars, Fall & Fall Travel Ball. We have been very busy with it. Glad to say that we are off for the next couple of months. We all needed a well deserved break. Here is a couple pics of our little All-Star!!!

Raechels New Doo!!!

Today we went to get Raechel a new haircut. She decided that she wanted alot of hair cut off, so this is what she came up with. I think she looks adorable!! What a beautiful sweet girl I have.

Muffin Mix Pancakes

New recipe - Tried this on Wednesday morning. Easy as pie and yummy to eat!!

Martha White Muffin Mix
Milk

Mix your muffin mix (any flavor) with a little more milk than it says on the package. You want your consistency to be thinner than muffin batter. It should be easy to pour out onto your griddle. This makes great flavored Pancakes!!!! YUMMY!!!!

Let me know what you think after you try it. :)