Tim and the kids went in search of a Christmas tree and came home with an unusually big one!
Preparing for another trip to Wisconsin – to bring Kate home for Christmas…
and another special package or two :)
What do you suppose would fit nicely in this box?
How about a couple Jersey heifer calves?! :D
One for the Popper and one for the Cattleman ~ Merry Christmas!
{modeling a new calf blanket}
Valerie wasn’t too sure about the new favorites ;)
{but the photo is actually of Keiko -- I think I need an editor!}
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Gina’s Master Muffin Mix was a fun and easy gift to give some special friends.
After Kate arrived home, we got busy with goodies in the kitchen… caramels, butterhorns, maple nut coffee twist coffee cake (new recipe Kate brought home), chocolate covered pretzels and nuts and more, giant cinnamon rolls…
Putting ornaments on that big ol’ Christmas tree
Appointments for hair cuts… Abby chose to send some to Locks of Love, but still had enough length for a pony tail.
~ Sisters ~
Happy 18th Birthday to Abby!
We lit her special candle from China ~
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Baking cookies…
…and frosting them.
Snow!
The Christmas Day Breakfast Buffet!
Eggnog, coffee, maple nut coffee twist, biscuits and gravy, sausage, bacon, potatoes, scrambled eggs, pancakes, waffles, apple sauce, grapefruit & oranges
We did something new this year. Instead of opening the box of family books on New Year’s Day (and then having not very many vacation days left to read them), we let everyone who had their school work finished open a package each day at the beginning of Christmas vacation. Sooo, the kids had plenty of new books to read while they waited for the family to gather and open gifts on Christmas Day :)
The rest will have to wait for Part Two!
