Christmas Day

Merry Christmas! This year was really fun with the addition of Olivia.  She had fun playing with all of her new toys!  Much to Ryan's dislike, Jake had a list full of Philadelphia Eagles stuff for his room!!  We hosted Christmas breakfast and were thankful to everyone who joined us. After breakfast, we drove to Fielding and spent the remainder of the day with my dad's family.  Both of our employers shut down for the week of christmas, so we were giddy at the thought of spending the next week together!  :)

Tim, Starla and Bostynn.. awaiting their cute baby girl Harlee....

Cute Little Cru

Homemade Vanilla

While thinking about making sugar cookies for Christmas, I came across a recipe where a lady stated she put homemade vanilla in her cookies. And once you try homemade vanilla, you will never go back to store bought vanilla again. I clicked on her link and voila -- here is the recipe for homemade vanilla --- who knew that vanilla was made from vodka.......

http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/making-homemade-vanilla-extract-aka-why-laura-bought-a-gallon-of-vodka

I don't know if I will become adventurous enough to actually try making this, but I do think it's quite interesting..... So if anyone makes it, please share a bottle!

Photos with Santa

We decided to take the kids to Fotofly for pictures with Santa.. These were neat because they have dad dress up as Santa so the kids aren't scared... I think the pictures turned out really cute and made a really easy christmas card!!