Link to "Not Our Finest Moment"

I recently posted a post about "Not Our Finest Moment." Some have thought I deleted it,  I didn't. It is just posted back when it happened. Here is the link to that post. Sorry for the confusion.

Gingerbread Houses

Making Gingerbread Houses is always a fun project. It has evolved over the past few years. It started as all of us making one house, to now everyone wanting to create their own. This year I just bought graham crackers and hot glued each house together and then they decorated it. This was a lot better on the budget than buying 4 kits. :) I think they turned out really cute. Kids are creative, it was fun to watch the process take place. Carlee loved that candy would fall on the floor. She turned into our human vacuum and consumed most of it! :) Fun night! Thanks Grandpa Dennis for keeping this tradition alive.

Baking Day

Another successful baking day is in the books. I think this was our best year yet! We started early and ended late, but we made 4 huge batches of cinnamon rolls, two batches of divinity, caramel popcorn (Addie's favorite, she ate it all day!) and a whole bunch of Toffee. Garrett came later in the day and decided we needed more toffee, so look at the batch he made! What is that saying? "Go big or go home?" That was Garrett for sure! He looks good in his Pampered Chef Apron, don't you think?? I think we went through something like 16+ cubes of butter. If that doesn't clog your arteries thinking about it, I don't know what will! :) It sure was good though! I am so glad we do this every year, I think it is a great tradition!

Addie Makin' Gingerbreads

{12/8/2011}

I was able to help in Addie's preschool class the day they made Gingerbread Houses. It's always fun to spend time at school. Addie loves her little class and I can see why, it is such a fun place. Miss Mickell does an amazing job. Addie's house turned out just perfect! She had all the candy eaten off of it within the week! Love my little Ads.

Marshall Baseball

Landon was invited to play with the Marshall's 9U baseball team during the Thanksgiving Weekend Baseball Tourney in Las Vegas. We went down after I did my day after Thanksgiving shopping of course. ;) It was fun to get away for a few days and to have Gavin in the stands with us watching. For some reason when Landon plays on other teams I don't feel as much pressure for him to do well. I don't know if he feels like that, but I do. He did good for not even swinging a bat since August. The team made it to Championship day, but got beat. They are a cute bunch of boys with a lot of great talent.  Playing on the Big League Dreams Field again was probably the highlight for Landon. He loves that place, it is such an amazing complex.  Looking at these pictures gets me excited for the upcoming baseball season!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was with Gavin's mom. It was really yummy. Bradi has perfected her noodle making, and Katie's rolls were so good! Katie is really good at making the perfect bread dough. One of these days I will get good at it too! Other than Carlee dumping everyone's drinks (gotta love the age...) it was a really nice day.

They have "pet" squirrels. Landon really got a kick out of holding and feeding it. The girls had to get a picture together, because of all the hours we put into making the dinner so good. :) I am thankful for Thanksgiving to help me remember all I am blessed with. I have so much to be grateful for.

Warrior Football Tournament

 Because our football team did so well during the regular season, the coaches decided to enter them into a football tournament in Mesquite. It was in November so I had brought blankets, coats, sweatshirts... to keep warm. Needless to say the weather was beautiful the first day I took my shoes off and had wished I had worn Capri's. The next morning our game was at 9:00 am thinking the weather would be about the same all I brought was a few sweatshirts for the morning chill. Boy was I wrong, the wind was blowing and it was freezing! Good thing we won, so sitting out in the cold was worth it! ;)

Check out that trophy! Who needs a Grandfather Clock in a home, when you have that?! Also, check out those Uni's they looked really sharp, and played really sharp too! 

It was a fun weekend. It looks like I was having a good time, doesn't it? Who knows what we are laughing about. This is what I get for blogging about something that happened 3 months ago! I do remember the food at the Eureka Cafe was good. We went there both days after the games. Trust me to only remember the food, I am crazy like that. :)

Good Job WARRIORS!

Love those boys.