My New Boots

Here is Matthew modeling my new boots I just got. Sort of a "to me, from me, for me" Christmas gift...:o)

First Candy Cane

Matthew enjoying his first candy cane... Yes he loved it!

Sock Monkey Hat

I recently saw this hat on one of my friend's son. I thought it was adorable, and knew Matthew would be super cute in it. It has also been the inspiration for his birthday party theme coming in February! I ordered it from Etsy, which is an awesome site by the way.

MOPS Christmas Brunch

My MOPS group had our Christmas brunch this morning. The food was fabulous! We also have a table decorating contest that each table comes up with a theme, and everyone pitches in stuff to create a fun setting. It was fun to see what everyone came up with!

Here is the "Joy to the World" table, and the winning "Pink Christmas" table...


Kynda made the food table so festive! A close up of our "Winter Wonderland" table...


Another pic of the "Joy to the World" table... This table was "A Girlie Christmas"...cute!


More of "A Girlie Christmas", and "Winter Wonderland"...


The "Chinese Christmas" table, and a close up of the cakes Kynda made at the "girlie" table...


In light of the times we are in, one table did "A Charlie Brown Christmas"...and another pic of my table...(I should mention we pulled it all together in 15 minutes this morning!)

Broiler Pan

Well I consider myself a good cook (not to toot my own horn), but I do spend some time in the kitchen. I am not an advanced cook by any means (I'll save that for those who are professionally trained, and have way more knowledge than I.) It may come a surprise to some of you, but there are some things I have never done cooking wise: 1.) Roast my own turkey. (This has always been my grandmothers job.) 2.) Used a bundt pan. (Thanks to my Aunt Jean just getting me one, I will soon!) 3.) Used a broiler pan. (Until last week that is!) This past week I made two different things using my broiler pan. First I made some bacon wrapped jalepeno poppers, and then a few days later I made a meatloaf wrapped in bacon (hmmm, a theme here??). A broiler pan is great because all the fat can run off, and that can be a good thing when you don't want something swimming in grease. Ick! Oh, and a good trick I learned is to line the bottom of the broiler pan with foil to make for easy clean up. Niffy! So, I say to you all, it is time to rediscover (or discover for that matter), your broiler pan! I'm glad I did.

The meatloaf...

Yummy, bacon wrapped jalepeno poppers!

Tree is "Up"!

Here is our Christmas tree. It is up in it's stand at least! Now to decorate it sometime this week. Holding off as long as possible due to the Matthew factor. ;o)


Naughty or nice?? We shall see...

Puppies

These little sweeties deserve a post all of their own! Ten golden retriever puppies that were just a few weeks old were at the tree farm as well. Matthew couldn't get enough of them. Uh oh...

Matthew loves the puppies...


Goodness, gracious...