Our family Thanksgiving tradition is making Gingerbread Houses. This year we used graham crackers, we also tried chocolate graham crackers. I made buttercream icing to add the candies. Buttercream Icing Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1 cup Crisco 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs) 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 tablespoon milk (if thick) Directions: Cream together the… Continue reading Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses
Category: Holidays
Halloween Bonfire
We had a Halloween Bonfire again this year. This time we set up a table outside with all the pumpkin carving tools and told people to bring their own pumpkins to carve. The boys actually helped us gut the pumpkins this year… in the past they have said it was too slimy for them. T… Continue reading Halloween Bonfire
Easter Hunt
We always have an egg hunt and Easter baskets for the kids, but this year we decided to have one for the adults too with huge prize baskets. Everyone pitched in a few dollars to pay for the prizes and it ended up being tons of fun. The boys enjoyed dying and hunting eggs and… Continue reading Easter Hunt
Halloween Bonfire
We decided to have a bonfire for Halloween this year. First we went to a nearby pick-your-own pumpkin patch to choose two big pumpkins. We rode in a wagon pulled by a tractor to the pumpkin patch. After choosing our two pumpkins we placed them in the wagon with T and pulled them to the… Continue reading Halloween Bonfire
Gingerbread House Tradition
My sister and I used to make gingerbread houses on Thanksgiving when we were younger, so I decided to start this tradition with my son. We made gingerbread houses with his cousin on Thanksgiving Day! We used royal icing with a Mini Gingerbread House kit. Added all kinds of colorful Christmas candies and candy canes!
Independence Day Party
We decided to have an Independence Day party. We had family over for grilling and fireworks. J had so much fun celebrating the 4th of July with us. It was his first time experiencing firework. We were glad to finally have fireworks here, we used to do bigger fireworks when we lived in MT, so… Continue reading Independence Day Party
Preschool Christmas Portraits
J is 3 years old this Christmas. We put up 2 tiny trees for him to help. He loves learning about Christmas and reading with Mommy! Christmas Pajamas Christmas Outfit Black Suit Christmas Sweater I will use these photos in my Christmas cards that I send to friends and family this year. Be sure to… Continue reading Preschool Christmas Portraits
Toddler Christmas Portraits
J just turned 2 last month. He is such a joy to have in our family! Christmas Pajamas Christmas Vest Christmas Outfit Black Suit I will use these photos in my Christmas cards that I send to friends and family this year. Be sure to check out my Baby Christmas Portraits post.
Baby Christmas Portraits
I like taking pictures of Baby J (13 months old), and I love Christmas too. J was such a good baby, he didn’t touch the tree when we taught him not to; but he did love playing with the ornaments when we gave him one. He was just a month old for his first Christmas,… Continue reading Baby Christmas Portraits