Christmas In The Kitchen

My Kitchen Christmas tree. I decorate it with all my cookie cutters and a few other gingerbread type ornaments that I've collected, there's even a mini spatula!

Orange Rolls and Sugar Twists. These recipes are from Reese's Grandma Barb. He likes it when I make them around Christmas time. A little tradition handed down I guess.
Lane had a lot of fun decorating his gingerbread boys and girls.

This recipe I found was really awesome for gingerbread cookies. The dough needed a little extra flour but other than that it was great! I used my royal icing to decorate them:

Royal Icing:
2 large egg whites (I use Wiltons Meringue powder from Michaels instead the raw egg whites)
3 cups powdered sugar
juice of one lemon

Merry Christmas!! Hope you have a very yummy one. Can't wait to spend time with friends and family and celebrate the birth of Jesus!!

Christmasy Stuff

So this December we've done some Christmas festivities. I've been baking alot, I will share later. Lane sang at the Hotel Del Coronado. Ohhhh Ahhhh. Reese took Lane ice skating. AND...we watched Santa come in on a helicopter. Awesome!

Lane explained ice skating as "slippery" (he said it with a lisp)
Case is 4 months old. He weighs 15 lbs 12 oz and is 25 1/2 inches long!
Me and the boys after Lane sang at the Hotel Del.

Doesn't get much better than this!

Case cracks me up. His eyebrows are always raised and his eyes big. He's taking it all in!

Thanksgiving with Friends and Family!

We had a fun Thanksgiving up in WA. It was so fun to introduce Case to all of our family and to meet our new niece Hazel! My sister Michele took these two pictures plus many more while we were at my dads. Right before we had family pictures taken, Lane decided to play in piles of dirt and mud! So...a little dirt in the hair and a little mudd on the jeans, no worries.

Michele, Lesha, Me, Matt, and Phil. From oldest to youngest, these are my bestest friends in the whole world and next to Reese and my boys my favorite people to be with! No offense to anyone :)
Case and Lil' Miss Hazel the newest of the cousins and less 3 months apart.Laura (Mops or Mimi), Marryn, and Case. We stayed with Reese's parents in their new house. It was great hanging out with Reese's family and their house is very cozy and inviting. It's great to stay out in the country. Both my dad and Reese's parents live on land which is so nice for Lane to run on.
Erawyn and Lane are great friends! He loves spending time with those girls!
My SISTA'S I am SO blessed to have these beautiful women in my life! We had such a fun day of coffee, shopping and lunch on Friday. Lots of laughs and fun memories made.
My dad's eight grandchildren. They range in age from 7 yrs-6 weeks old. LOVE these kids! They are all hilarious!