Christmas Goodies

I decided to make some Christmas treats for our neighbors. I made banana bread, chocolate covered pretzels and red velvet cake balls. I got the recipe for the cake balls from my friend Alisa. She has made them many times for baby showers and they are so yummy. Mine were yummy, but they didn't look has professional as hers! Oh, well.

I bought these super cute Martha Stewart Gingerbread Houses to put the cake balls and pretzels in. Aren't they fun! I am really liking all the fun Martha crafts. I'm not really a crafty girl, but every once in awhile, I like to think I am.

The Bug

On Sunday, Matt and I both had the nasty stomach bug that is going around. We have never been sick at the same time and adding a two year old made things a little more interesting. Nate and I stayed in the living room watching movies and Matt stayed in the room and slept the first half of the day, we switched after Nates nap. I gave Matt a bell to ring if he needed me. Nate and I were watching the Polar Express and I kept thinking that I didn't remember there being a constant bell ringing in the movie. Then it hit me, that's MATT! He told me he had been ringing the bell for about three minutes. Oops. We are all better now and it looks like Nate's in the clear.

Jingle Bells

So, my camera can take video. I didn't know this until about a year ago when my sweet friend Julie told me. We are debating about getting a camcorder, but I'm afraid we'll never watch home movies. After talking to a friend, I'm thinking we might just use our camera and buy something else with that money. Any thoughts?

Here's my first attempt at a home movie. Nate is singing Jingle Bells (kind of).

Thanksgiving

We had a great time in Wichita with Matts family. We pretty much hung out, played the Wii, and ate lots of food...which makes for a great Thanksgiving. Alissa and I got up at 5:00am to experience Black Friday. I love to shop, but there are 2 days that I avoid, Black Friday and the day after Christmas. For some reason I just wanted to get up early and experience it for a bit. We went to 3 stores and were back home by 8:30!

It snowed Friday night and Saturday morning. The snow was so pretty, big white flakes. We came home that afternoon to warm weather so Matt was able to get more painting done. I think he finally sees an end to this project.