Tyson was a little too cool to participate, his loss!!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Ginger Bread Houses
One of our family Christmas Traditions is making ginger bread houses. I don't make them from scratch, I buy the kits, WAY EASIER! It is so much fun to create the beautiful houses. The kids love it, I love it, and Ron tolerates it for us :-) This year we invited some new friends to do it with us - the more the merrier!!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Trimming the Tree
Trimming the Tree
This year we got a very special gift - the gift of a Christmas Tree. 600 Christmas Trees were bought and donated to the soldiers at Fort Knox. So sweet and thoughtful. Thank you so much.
No matter how hard you try, the lights always get tangled. Ron put the kids to work untangeling.
Tessa really wanted to put the star on top of the tree, daddy gave her a lift.
Ornaments on the tree
The Masterpiece!!!
THANKSGIVING
This Thanksgiving we spent alone with just our little family. I was pretty sad that we couldn't be with any extended family, but Ron kept reminding me that WE were a family and it was okay to be alone.
I just have such fond memories of spending every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner with Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and grandparents. It just isn't the same without them (love you guys - you know who you are!) I want my kids to have those same wonderful memories - but the Army life makes that a little more difficult.
Anywhoo..... I figured if we were going to do it, we would do it right. So I went all out - a huge Turkey and all the extras. Yummy appetizers,dinner,and deserts. We decorated the table, got out the fancy dishes, and even drank sparkling cider (that was the kids favorite - they kept toasting eachother). It would have been perfect if my children would have actually eaten what I made. Now, I didn't make anything I didn't think they would like, in fact it was all normal food. Almost all of them had a small piece of turkey, a roll, and some corn; for desert they didn't want any of my two gorgeous pies, just ice cream. Woohoo? So we had tons of left overs and I spent two days in the kitchen for nothing. Oh well. So I learned my lesson, and now for Christmas dinner I am taking suggestions and making everyone's favorite foods, so maybe this time they'll eat what I make!
I just have such fond memories of spending every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner with Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and grandparents. It just isn't the same without them (love you guys - you know who you are!) I want my kids to have those same wonderful memories - but the Army life makes that a little more difficult.
Anywhoo..... I figured if we were going to do it, we would do it right. So I went all out - a huge Turkey and all the extras. Yummy appetizers,dinner,and deserts. We decorated the table, got out the fancy dishes, and even drank sparkling cider (that was the kids favorite - they kept toasting eachother). It would have been perfect if my children would have actually eaten what I made. Now, I didn't make anything I didn't think they would like, in fact it was all normal food. Almost all of them had a small piece of turkey, a roll, and some corn; for desert they didn't want any of my two gorgeous pies, just ice cream. Woohoo? So we had tons of left overs and I spent two days in the kitchen for nothing. Oh well. So I learned my lesson, and now for Christmas dinner I am taking suggestions and making everyone's favorite foods, so maybe this time they'll eat what I make!
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