Holiday Baking! mmmmm....... :D

I was almost ready to give up my usual holiday baking this year since I lost my spacious kitchen and the new one is ummm, rather small shall we say! :p

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However, my former boss told me I could use his kitchen (lots of room and TWO ovens!) so I went out there on Saturday and baked to my little heart's content! Should have seen me wearing out those 2 ovens! :p

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Made 8 different cookies, 7 of which I have never made before! I won't make all of them again but I had fun trying out new recipes!

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~~Peppermint meltaways (definate winner!)

~Double chocolate snowquakes (winner)

~Jam thumbprints

~Roly Polys

~Crisp Lemon tea cookies

~Santa's eggnog cups

~Crackle spice drops

~Rum logs

YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM

Reagan & Kaylee skating

I finally got up to the ice rink to watch Reagan and Kaylee at their skating lessons:

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What a little stud! :D

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Kaylee's turn!
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~ Thanksgiving ~

This is the only picture I took on Thanksgiving!

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Kiona posing with her turkey friend we found in someone's front yard on the way over to Mom & Dad's :D

Happy Birthday to Reagan!

I've been a little slow in gettings my posts up so let's play catch up!

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Reagan turned 8 (EIGHT! can you believe it?!?)

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His pirate cake.grrrrr (or whatever they say...)

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Carlee making "snow" - her mama was so proud! :p

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And I think Wyatt wants some of Cole's cake! :D

LOL!

Feeling down? Need a laugh? I must warn you, if you start you won't be able to stop....

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New Links!

I've just added several new links to some fun sites! I'm loading up on ideas to keep me busy this winter ~ Check them out!

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My favorite by far is "How About Orange" - Not only is it full of great crafty ideas but it's ORANGE! How great is that! :)

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Ziploc omelets & Greenbluff!

We had brunch at my house complete with muffins, Ziploc omelets, muffins, fruit, and muffins! (we had a few muffins in case you were wondering!) :) About 30 peoples showed up!!
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So fun!

Chowing down on their omelets:

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Then we all headed up to Greenbluff for P U M P K I N S!!!

I stopped with Carmen at another farm on the way home and the girls insisted on my taking several pictures of them! Not that I minded since they are so adorable! :)

Small project

Just a small project to fit between the BIG ones :)

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Tammy found this cute coffee dish towel at the dollar store. I used it to make a draft stopper for her backdoor (her kitchen is ALL about the coffee decor!)

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Super easy to make: Turn towel inside out and sew opening creating a tube. Sew one end closed and turn right side out. Fill with dry beans and then sew the end closed.

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and ta da:

No more chill-age coming through! :)

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

My first quilt!

I *finally* finished my very first quilt! I made it for Bria (Chad & Megen's little one) who was born in March. I didn't feel too bad about the delay ~ my excuse was that she wouldn't have needed it in the summer anyway!! :)

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Here are some pics:

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I hand quilted stars & circles on each of the squares:

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The back was a very soft, fuzzy yellow: