Year in Review Part 2

I told you I love these pages! Here is a Family one.

Year in Review Pages

I Love these Year in Review Pages I have done one for each of the boys since they were born. I have them printed and they sit right by my bed. It is fun to see how much they grow in a year. I think it also serves as a reminder for just how Blessed I am!

Here is Will's

and here is Jake's

We wish you a Merry Christmas

I love Christmas! I am especially looking forward to this one because both of the boys are old enough to start taking part in the traditions and festivities. I hope your Christmas Eve and Christmas day are Merry and Bright and filled with the peace and love of Jesus who came as a baby to save us from our sins. Wow what a wonderful gift! Merry Christmas!

Making Gingerbread Cookies

This year I decided that it would be fun to make Gingerbread Cookies. So the boys helped me roll out the dough, cut the shapes, and then I decorated them. They were fun to make and they looked pretty cute. The problem is. . . I don't actually like gingerbread cookies! I guess I haven't had them enough to really realize that but they are pretty bland so not really pleasant to eat. I mean if you are going to eat a cookies it should really taste good don't you think? I think we will stick with sugar cookies from now on :). So how do you feel about gingerbread cookies? Do you love them, hate them, have a fabulous recipe I just must try. I would love to know how you feel about this adorable, albeit somewhat flavorless, cookie.

World's Largest Cupcake

We love watching all of the competitions on the food network and have seen many that were held at the Mall of America. We often commented that if we lived in Minnesota we would be able to see that or wouldn't that be fun to see. Shortly after we moved we got our chance. We discovered that Duff and Jeff, from Charm City Cakes or Food Network's Ace of Cakes, would be attempting to bake the world's largest cupcake. This cupcake was huge! At 150 time the size of an average cupcake it was a foot tall, 18 inches in diameter, and over 60 lbs. We were able to see Jeff and Duff carry the cake onto the stage. We watched as the Guinness Book of World Record's judge measured the cupcake and struggled with just how to weight the colossal cake. These events were fun to see but it just wouldn't be a Charm City Cake unless it had fireworks! The crowd erupted when Duff pulled out the lighter and the fire extinguisher and lit the cupcake on fire, or at least candle. It was a delightful day that I won't soon forget!

Life changes things

I was planning on having a mostly relaxing day. . . now I am having a mostly stressful afternoon. My Grandma had back surgery two weeks ago and is not recovering very well. She has only been able to eat or drink very little and is very weak. She went back into the doctor today and they suggested that she go back to the hospital for some tests, they have are also given her an IV to help hydrate her. Hopefully soon she will be back on the road to recovery. I love her very much and want her to get well very soon. So if you pray- could you pray for her?

Just one of those days. . .

Today is one of those days that I don't want to go anywhere. Jake is fussy, I think he is growing, I am not feeling the greatest and I just don't want to leave the house! So I am staying home today and putting my Christmas stockinged feet up and having a mostly relaxed day!


~BTW I am trying to take a picture every day in December some of Holiday traditions and some of ordinary moments. Hopefully I will be able to do it you can check the pictures out here ~

Cheerios in my Car

I am one of those people that likes a really clean car but, unfortunately, not one of those people that really likes to clean it. This has never really been a problem for me. I am a pretty neat car owner I don't eat in the car or leave wrappers, receipts, or papers laying around. So even though I don't really love cleaning out the car I could clean every few months and my car would stay relatively clean. This is no longer the case! Place two toddlers in any area and it inevitably becomes a mess. I used to hear people complain about their messy car and how they always had Cheerios on the floor and I would wonder why do you let them eat in the car? Why not just feed the little ones before you leave or after you get there. Well now that I have two little Cheerios eating tykes, of my very own, and I realize that kids need snacks and when they are eating they are quiet. Quiet is nice in the car. I don't feed them every time we get in the car but now that we live a fairly long way from a lot of things not feeding them a snack in the car is no longer an option. So now I have Cheerios in my car along with pretzels, raisins, and other assorted toddler friendly snacking type food items. The vacuum is my friend and I now understand all of those parents that complained about their messy car. So now I wonder what is in your car? Do you have left-over toddler snacks laying on the floor (or kid, teenager or even, adult snacks) Are you a messy car person who doesn't really care about your car being clean or are you a neat freak and the mess drives your nuts?