Cranberry Sauce

This is becoming a tradition. Every other year we forego the traditional cookie plate and make cranberry sauce to give to friends. It's very tart (even with all the sugar pictured!) and super yummy!

We're feeling left out

Everyone's getting snow except us. But we can still make snowmen! The kids were quite proud of their creations:

They didn't last very long before Frosty was eaten alive!

wreath

My favorite Christmas addition this year!

. . . the girls will play!

Alex took Justin to his first concert so McKenzie and I had some one-on-one girl time after Josie went to bed. We did something Kenzie loves: posing for the camera! We both had a great night!

the story goes . . .

When I was a young girl (less than 5), my mom ran an errand and left my dad in charge of the kids. We were all outside playing except for the few minutes I slipped inside, combed my hair down in front of my eyes, cut it all off, swept it up and put it in the garbage, and returned the scissors to the closet. When my mom came home and saw the damage, she questioned my dad who, of course, was oblivious to the entire thing. I'd heard the story over and over and never thought it was such a big deal, until . . .

I found the evidence on the floor of the entryway after cleaning up the huge boxes they had been playing in for the past week. At some point these boxes were steam trains and palaces, storage units and race cars. Evidently, they once served as a salon too.

McKenzie took off about 2 1/2 inches right in the front. After a little blending, I quite like her new look!