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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Merry Christmas 2011!

 What you need to know about Christmas 2011..

1. Jake had an unfortunate accident with a razor which resulted in him having to shave his entire face! No one has seen his entire face since 2003 so its ALOT to take in ( you've been warned).
2. Ma, Pa, Kelsay AND B Slim spent the night at the Leach residence on Christmas Eve which ment a full house on Christmas morning! So fun!
3. My hair is FINALLY an appropriate length and color to wear my clip in hair extensions I bought on clearance over 2 years ago...you WILL think my weight is fluctuating in some of these photos by about 20 lbs...its NOT..longer hair makes me look younger, slimmer and nicer..(No, I wont be cutting it anytime soon since realizing this).
4. Peppermint mocha liquid creamer in your coffee is like little drops of heaven in a mug...
5. We bought Pa a CD player and some Alabama CDs for his gift...he wont stop playing the same songs over and over at a VERY high volume and he is driving Ma nuts...EVERYDAY!
6. 5 mph IS FAST! Ma and Pa bought Mason a mini John Deer Tractor and trailer and it goes 5 mph..EVERYONE has been nearly fatally wounded by this thing...

All dressed up on Christmas Eve..
From here things are VERY out of order...
Christmas morning


Kelsay likes animal print gifts?




The crazy mobile











Back to Christmas eve..spreading reindeer food outside...thats our tail-less cat.."Momma"

Santa's cookies

Snuggle time watching Christmas Vacation..



Santa wuz here!

















Monday, December 19, 2011

Last Minute Christmas Crazy!

As I write this there are 5 days and 45 min left until Christmas! Mason and I have been busy baking and crafting. I found several quick and easy toddler friendly Christmas crafts on pinterest so we have been doing 1 per day. Ive also been making the most of my free time and mixing and freezing cookie dough so all I need to do is bake on Christmas eve. I finished the LAST homemade gift today! I've been planning to make Mason an owl stuffed animal since the summer. Basically, because I love them and think they are adorable...but being 28 years old I really dont need one myself...so Mason is getting one! Anyway...here is what we did today....


Handprint Reindeer Hat! HERE is the link for the super simple how to


Cookies! Special thanks to BK and Easy E for the masculine apron!

Strawberry filled shortbread cookies...AMAZING! HERE is the easy recipe...use whatever kind of jam you like!

Welcome to my first attempt at a stuffed animal. Not perfect but at least you can tell what its SUPPOSED to be :)
I used THIS free tutorial and pattern..pretty easy to follow...took me about 2 hours from start to finish...

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Cookies+Party=AWESOME!

My mom hosts an annual cookie swap party each Christmas. We all bring cookies, swap them and play the ornament stealing game! We do it on a Saturday morning and serve breakfast items with coffee, hot chocolate, etc. Its tons of fun! Mason loves to help everyone unwrap their ornaments AND helps himself to the countless cookie platters! This year I decided to try a new cookie recipe. It was a TOTAL fail! Im convinced the blog I got it from was written straight from the gates of hell! They were supposed to be spiral cookies..but they just crumbled as I rolled the dough! So they ended up being cut outs. They tasted great! Just not.so.pretty. So I made chocolate chip too :)


Tracy Sue, Peggy and Heather 

Kelsay, Meme, Mom and Me

Opening gifts is Asya's fav!

And Mason's fav too!



These Red Velvet Cake balls and Heather's Oreo Balls WERE THE BEST EVER!


The cookies from hell...

The karaoke queens! :)

Mason and Marsha


Its not a party til someone's in their underware..


Mason and Papaw



Mason and Ma

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