What We've Been Up To

I love to cook, and I love to try new things. Sometimes what I cook turns out, sometimes it is a disaster. I have always been afraid to try bread. Something about the yeast scares me, along with worrying if it would come out hard or heavy. And I don't have a big enough mixer and was afraid to do it by hand. But finally I got brave and decided to try it, by hand, and I kept going to make cinnamon rolls and dinner rolls.
The bread was soooo good. I am so excited that I can make it now. I love homemade bread with jam. The cinnamon rolls were made with the same dough as the bread, and they were great too. The frosting even turned out, which is great considering I was adding stuff here and there.

The rolls were a different recipe, and I knew from the start they weren't going to be great. The dough was heavy, and I didn't know how to change that. If anyone knows how, let me know. So it never did rise like it should. The rolls were okay, we ate them with lots of butter and jam because they were heavy and dry, but edible.

These are the desserts I made for Christmas Eve dinner. I saw these recipes and couldn't decide which ones to choose, so I made all of them, and miraculously they all turned out great. Well, except for the frostin on the christmas tree, it was kinda nasty, I blame it on the recipe:) But I had so much fun.

This child loves computers, printers, remotes, phones, or anything that has buttons. He loves to try and figure out what the buttons do on the remote for the TV. Take the letters off the keyboard on the computer. Leave the phone off the hook to hear the loud beeping noise, then run away saying "UH OH". Paging the phones, and transfering calls. Copying papers. Turning the TV up as loud as it goes. He also loves the bathtub. I heard the water running in my bathroom one day and went to check it out. The bathtub is almost full, and he is standing there fully dressed, with his adorable smile trying to get out of the trouble he knows he is in. Luckily he has not figured out how to open doors yet, so we have to remember to keep them shut.

Fun in the Snow

We love the snow. I love the snow so much that I even shovel the sidewalk and driveway. Some people think Nick is lazy and won't do it, but really it is my way of 'playing' in the snow, and it can replace the boring, inside workout on the elliptical. Though tonight, the snow was not that great. I thought our van was good in snow, tonight proved otherwise. I got stuck for the first time coming up the hill to our house, in a dress with house slippers on. Luckily my parents decided to take a ride in the Ranger at that time, saw me and came up behind me and pushed me out. I am brave in the snow with the Armada, not so much in the van. But of course I can't wait to shovel the sidewalk in the morning:)

We have an awesome sledding hill. The trail is groomed, so the snow is packed and it is awesome

Seriously, he reminded me of the kid off of A Christmas Story, he would fall down and not be able to get up on his own. But he loved his first time playing in the snow.

We also have a big hill in our yard, so the kids can go just out the door and sled. We also built a snowman, well, I did anyway, but forgot to get a picture

Princess Rylee
So Nick asked me if our kids will ever know their real identity because all they do is dress up all day long, outfit after outfit. When I explained to Rylee that Disney Land was where all the Princesses lived, she said, "Okay Mom, we will go there and then you guys will come home and I will stay". I said, "No, you will have to come home with us". She said, "No, I am a princess and I have to live at the castle with all the other princesses." Fortunately, she did come home with us.

The Incredible Hulk

He seriously wore this costme out in a week, and the little stinker loved to scare all the little kids with the gloves

Christmas Morning

Nick suprised me with a piano for Christmas

I Love It, and him, he's awesome

Christmas Eve at Grandpa's and Grandma's, minus 7 grandchildren

We have SO MUCH FUN

Rylee's First Christmas Program

The Polar Express