Beauty Shop G

Last school year Grace attended half-day kindergarten in the mornings at Silverdale Elementary.  She and I spent our afternoons together running errands, meeting appointments, and playing games.   Every other month she went with me to the beauty shop and so I could get my hair colored.  She was quite intrigued by the whole process of applying bleach and foils on my hair to get my blonde fix.  In fact, one afternoon she pulled out her beauty supply kit and requested tin foil from the kitchen and so she could "color" my hair.  Ha ha!

Give Thanks

We are so blessed to have the Largey family in our lives.  Over the years we have shared numerous Thanksgiving dinners (and other fun adventures) with their family.   We have lived in our current house for over 7 years now!   Sam and Grant can hardly remember life without each other. 

James and Grace have a special bond as well.   Jared and Madison are sweet on each other too, but we won't talk about that! Besides, they wouldn't let me take their picture.  

Of course, I love the fun little party details more than anything.  I came across a cookbooks for tartlets at Target and just had to try it out.  These yummy little chocolate critters turned out as good as they look! Plus, their petite size left plenty of room for more pie.

Jeremy always brings the "crazy juice" (ginger ale, cranberry juice, and pineapple juice).  We call it crazy juice because the kids are crazy about it and drink enough to float a boat.  Jeremy's dad started the tradition in his family many years ago, but I think it may have to become tradition in our family too.

Family, friends, good food, and fun.  There is so much to be thankful for! THANKSGIVING 2012

Christmas Cocoa

Oh my, it has been a long time since I posted!   However, on this late summer day in August,  I am in the mood to dig through my virtual pile of pictures.   It is early afternoon and  I sit here all alone still wearing my pajamas.  The kids are gone with their grandparents for a few days and the hubby it still at work.  So today I reminisce on the Christmas Cocoa we had at my mom and dad's house this year.

 
This year we were blessed to make the 15-hour drive to Utah for Christmas without incident. Fortunately, we did not encounter any snow or ice on the road.  However, the day after we arrived to Alpine, it started snowing like crazy.  It was beautiful and splendid and oh so festive.  In fact, it seemed we were nestled in Swiss chalet tucked in the Alps! Coincidently, when it came time to drive back home, all of the snow had vanished.  Driving conditions were very ideal considering the time of year we were traveling.

Anyway, back to the cocoa party... Mandy and the girls arrived in fabulous tea party fashion including hats, rings, and heels.  I loved it!  All of the girls were acting quite proper and British if you will.

Here is the beautiful Danish Snow Princess Kristine and cocoa-maker extraordnaire.  The cocoa and cream were heavenly.

Grandpa escorted each of the princesses to the "tea."

This was just about all I got from the ornery teenagers.  I know pathetic, right?

I am certain this will be one of my fondest Christmas memories.   Oh and just for the record, notice the brace my mom is wearing on her left wrist.  She broke her wrist in late November as she fell hanging a Christmas!  Somehow she managed to pull off hosting a wonderful Christmas garland.  I am truly grateful for dear old mom.  Coming home for Christmas is just like being a kid again! It was wonderful spending Christmas with my parents since we did not see them for 2 years while they were serving an LDS mission in Denmark.  So there you have it warm Christmas memories smack dab in the middle of summer!