Christmas Eve 2011

We had our seafood dinner of Christmas Eve and once it got dark out George read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to the kids and then the kids opened their stocking stuffers. This is a family tradition we started with the kids years ago. I am hoping they do the same with their children one day.

Heshey Chocolate World (Part 2)

A house made out of nothing but CHOCOLATE - Now that's what I am talking about!

Laela, Jacob & Gracie

Hershey Chcolate World (Part 1)

Me, the kids and my buddy Bill and his niece Laela all went to Hershey Chocolate world on Friday, December 23rd and we all got to make our very own chocolate bar (very expensive chocolate bar I might add). After our visit to Chocolate World we headed over to drive through Hershey Sweet Lights. A nice time was had by all!

More Pics From Gracie's Holiday Recital

I have no idea what she and her friend were talking about in this last pic but mind you "this was in the middle of the performance"....ugggg....

Merry Christmas!

Gingerbread House(s)

Never again...too messy!

Christmas Baking

Gracie's Holiday Recital

This year's holiday performance theme was Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer.My friends Pat, Audra and Kori came with me to the show. Each class level performed one routine. Gracie's class did a ballet routine to the holiday song "Silver & Gold". I was so proud of all the girls and thankful to all the people who helped in putting this performance together...very nice job!

Moosie Baby!

Loved this pic of Moosie vegging out as we were baking cookies!

Happy Holidays

Holiday Decoracting Finally Done!

I am so behind this year with EVERYTHING! George picked up the tree on Saturday (12/3) and we finally got the christmas decorating done. This was an all day project and we put nothing outside this year. Attached are some photos of the tree and some other decorations we put out. I did not take too many pics this weekend - it was just mad-crazy pulling out all the holiday stuff and going through everything. Jacob and Gracie's bickering did not help any - they literally argued when it came time to one of them needing the ladder to put an ornament on the tree - just incredible! The two of them are like oil and water!

Better Late Then Never - A Few Thanksgiving Pics

Why should this year be different then any other Thanksgiving? As soon as that turkey came out of the oven everyone was in the kitchen wanting the neck, heart, gizzards, livers etc...total CAHOS! LOL - I could not imagine it any other way though. We had a very quiet Thanksgiving. We ate, watched TV and vegged out all day in our PJ's!

Ahhh...Thanksgiving is Just Around the Corner

I love this time of year. Now if only I could get into the holiday spirit. Thanksgiving crept up on me rather quickly this year - it's hard to believe it's in just three days. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year (with Christmas and St. Patty's Day being close seconds). It's what I call our family "lazy day" where we stay in our pjs all day, eat, watch tv, nap and repeat the cycle throughout the day. Plus I have a 4-day weekend to look forward to so anytime away from work is a good time...especially if it's with my family. Hope my family and friends all have a blessed Thanksgiving holiday.