Very good and very bad

You can see by the picture what the very good part is. Yum! You can get the recipe here and find out the very bad part. We are talking butter and lots of it. I just love this blog. Her photography is AMAZING. I made these last night to give as gifts.

A fun Christmas game

We played this game last year at our church Christmas party. I thought I would pass it along as it is lots of fun. Leah, you probably remember this one.

Match the alternate titles with the correct well-known Christmas songs! Have fun
The answers can be found here

1.Quadruped with Crimson Proboscis a. Oh holy night

2.Eight pm to six am without noise b. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

3.Minuscule Hamlet in the near East c. Silver Bells

4.Ancient Benevolent Despot d. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

5.Exuberance Directed to the planet e. Deck the halls

6.Listen, Aerial Spirits Announcing f. Silent Night

7.Trio of Monarchs g. I saw Mommy kissing Santa Clause

8.Yonder in the hay stack h. Frosty the snowman

9.Cherubim Audited from Aloft i. The twelve days of Christmas

10.Assemble, Everyone who believes j. Oh little town of Bethlehem

11.Hollowed Post Meridian k. Joy to the world

12.Fantasia of a Colorless Dec. 25Th l. Good King Wenceslas

13.A dozen twenty four hour yule periods m. Hark the herald angels sing

14.Befell during the transparent bewitching
hour n. All I want for Christmas is my
two front teeth
15.Homo Sapien of Crystallized Vapor o. It came upon a midnight clear

16.Desire a Pair of Incisors on Dec. 25Th p.Walking in a winter wonderland

17.I spied my maternal parent osculating q.Oh come all ye faithful

18.Perambulating through a December
Solstice Fantasy r. Away in a manger

19.Adorn the vestibule s. Angels we have heard on high

20.Tin tintinnabulums t. We three kings.

Busy like elves

Only 15 days and counting!

We are wrapping it up, literally. I only have a few little things left to get and I am DONE. Still waiting for the Internet ordered items to show up in the mail. I love to get fun mail. Madison is doing very well with her sewing project. She really is making the entire thing. I hope her friends like them.

The girls also started wrapping their cousin's gifts. I love how serious they are.

I am glad to have the shopping out of the way. Last week was busy getting ready for the town's Christmas parade. It was freezing out but very fun. Madison was a singing angel and Mia was the angel watching over Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus. WVBC won third place for the float in the christian division. We

have two parties to attend this weekend and I have two more ladies' parties to go to next week. The girls will also be out of school starting next week. I love having them home when it is cold out. We are planning to do our baking and delivering next week. Baking is one of my favorite things to do during the holidays. The girls wait to do sugar cookies and the gingerbread house until my mom gets to town. That is their special thing to do together.

I thought I would share a great gift idea for the family to do together. We have participated in Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child in the past. We would fill up a shoe box full of things that we take for granted. Toothpaste, candy, small toys and hair clips. The boxes were all shipped together and given to the precious children. I received a catalog from Samaritan's Purse this year that enables the giver to 'order' food, medicine and supplies for the people of poverty stricken nations. Check it out here. Click on the Christmas Catalog. Thirty-five dollars helps to transport enough food to feed a family for about two weeks. Just $15 to help teach a child to read and write.

I hope everyone enjoys the coming weeks as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior.

A few of my favorite things

The famous O is rarely on tv at our house anymore. I just don't care much for it. However, my curiosity was peaked enough to watch her favorite things show this last week. I really liked the digital camcorder and the red mixer. The custom body butter seems really expensive but nice. I would try the clairsonic and I've been wanting to try the shaklee products (I have been trying the seventh generation line). The cupcakes from WS had better be beyond to die for at $59 for nine! I think it is really cool that she gives away the products to her audience (remember the car thing). She kept saying that it is not her intent to make the people happy with the prizes but rather with the whole experience of being given something. "Remember, things don't make the happiness", she said. I am sure we would all agree. We all have things that make us happy for reasons beyond the thing itself. The value is in the memory, experience or the giver. I thought I would share a few of my favorite things of this time of year.

The nativity that Jared gave me for Christmas last year



And by consensus, our favorite tree ever. Madison picked it and we all agreed it was perfect. I hung some ribbon from the ceiling to make an inexpensive decoration over the dining area. I think it looks better in person but you can get the idea.
The A ornament was the first one Keith and I had as a married couple, I made it.

My sister in law gave me a book for Christmas last year that we are enjoying too. Devotionals and reminders of what we are really to celebrate. Thanks Amy. This is todays scripture,

For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6