Merry Christmas Eve

Just a quick Merry Christmas Eve to all.

Winter Wonderland

Today was a wonderful wonderland. Lots of snow, playtime, and more. 2 more days till Christmas. Yay!

Christmas Break!

Good morning! The sun is out and so is school. The girls and I slept in. We are gonna do their favorite thing today... clean!  Ha ha. Well its not a favorite but it is necessary!  Hope your day is great.

Schools out!

Yay! Schools out. Alarm clock off. Time for Christmas cheer.

Snowy Day

What a beautiful snowy day!

Snow Day!

Good morning!

Today we have a delayed start snow day! My kids are ecstatic! 

Gotta love that.

So while I let them sleep in a bit...

I can enjoy coffee and uninterrupted time with hubby.

Hope you have an awesome day!

Christmas Goodies

I am so excited to try out my new owl coffee cup. My bestie sent a goodie box today and now we feel so loved. Hope you had a great day! Good night!

A Not-So-Naughty Elf on the Shelf

Hello, Happy Saturday!

I am so happy the weekend is here. It has been a busy week. Full of ups and downs. I added a new title to my name yesterday. Substitute teacher. I have to say, I never thought that would be something I would do. But I feel such a huge accomplishment by stepping out of my comfort bubble.

There is so much possibility in the future.

In the meantime, our elf has not been naughty at all..

Should probably get on that. Ha ha.

Have a great weekend!

Beautiful Trees

Happy Saturday!

I am soo glad the weekend is here. 

It was our first week back from Thanksgiving and it was a busy one. 

Cleaning up, decorating for the Holiday season, PTA meeting, Christmas shopping, Volunteering at school all day Friday and then working at our Family Craft night Friday night. 

Now for finishing our decorating, (Outdoor Christmas lights), and putting all the containers away. Now I can focus on enjoying the season.

Ha ha. 

I was looking through my pinterest pins, not to mention, my own decor around the house, and I realized, I have alot of trees. I admit, once we build a bigger house, I would love a few more, maybe one in every room. (Yes I am that person). So todays post is all about trees. 

I love all the ones I have found on the web.

Such great ideas. 

I am off today to find a few Craft fairs.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Christmas Photo Gift Ideas

I am loving these silhouette ideas.

This is something I am hoping to do this Holiday season.

Everytime I see these I want to try it. I am going to go through the huge amount of duplicate pics I have first, then take some current ones. I am hoping to find one for each age. Wish I would have thought of it sooner. Oh well.

Happy Friday!!

; )

Peppermint Bark...YUM!

Good Morning!

Busy day here. Off to the school for a PTA meeting. 

Had to post my yummy, favorite Christmas goodie. 

I love peppermint bark. 

It is so easy. And pretty much just chocolate topped with peppermint, but I couldn't have Christmas without it. 

Its super easy.

Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. 

Melt two bags of semi sweet chocolate chips in microwave, 

spread on sheet. 

Refrigerate until hard.

Melt white chocolate (2 bags), 

spread on hardened dark chocoate, 

sprinkle with peppermint pieces, 

refrigerate until hard.

Break into pieces and store in tin or jar, in refrigerator for best results.

YUM!

Have a great day!

Christmas Decorating...

Day one of the wall calender... Lego advent!

Kids were so happy.

New pillow covers

Snow people...

Start of our Christmas village...

Happy happy December 2nd!

Yesterday was decorating day. I was able to get so much done. Today I am tackling my filing system. And the laundry. 

Have an awesome day!

~December 1st~

Happy December 1st!!!!

I am super excited to start our advent calender today!

 Hope your December gets off to a good start!

:  )

~Happy Thanksgiving~

Happy Thanksgiving Day!!!!

I am very wired this morning. I was up at 5 am getting a turkey in the oven and starting my potatoes in the crockpot. (fingers crossed)

Now I am drinking lots of coffee. Ha ha. 

Since I am up and everyone is still sleeping (yay), I thought I would get some blogging in. 

Every year I try to watch the Macys Thanksgiving day parade. Try. I usually have to dvr it and then dont get it watched. But this year, I am watching it. Ha ha. 

I love it. I have always wanted to be there in person though. 

Maybe one year. 

Have a wonderful day!!!

Happy Thanksgiving eve....

Hello!

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

I am cooking up a storm. Trying to get as much done today as possible. Makes me a little bit sweeter tomorrow. Ha Ha.

My girls are happily watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and folding up gift boxes from a kit. 

Coffee is steaming out of my cup and candles are lit. Its windy and blustery outside and I couldn't be happier to be inside. 

I am planning some different stuff this year for Thanksgiving. Some new traditions if you will. 

One of them, I have decided to let my girls each pick a dish to be in charge of. They are sooo excited. My oldest has picked Deviled eggs. They are her favorite for two reasons. The first and most important is they were her Aunts signature dish that she always brought to the Thanksgiving table. We lost her last month at the young age of 46 from Cancer, and I couldn't be prouder of my girl wanting to carry on this tradition. The second reason... they are Yummy!

The secret ingredient... horseradish mustard. Yum

My youngest is taking on the relish tray. She love, love, loves pickles and olives so this was the best dish for her. 

I am so excited that they want to help. 

Another one of the new things I am trying, is mashed potatoes in the crock pot. I know, sounds iffy, but It looks great to me. Ha ha. Anything to make my morning easier. 

 I hope your Thanksgiving is wonderful, full of gratitude and family and friends. 

; )

Turkey Day Decorations

Happy Monday!

I am recovering from a busy weekend of playing catch up. Catch up  for laundry, cleaning kids rooms, etc. Now to settle in, and enjoy being inside. It looks like snow outside. As for my Scentsy Turkey.

This is my only Thanksgiving decoration. I try and take a break with heavy decorations between Halloween and Christmas. Bit of a breather. Ha ha. I found some wonderful new wax melts at Wal-Mart this weekend. I am very anxious to start my pine and winter scents. 

Have a great day. I am off to relax and drink my coffee. 

Maybe a little scrapbooking today! 

: )

Fun Fall Pics... Welcome November!

Welcome November!

Suddenly, almost overnight, all leaves are falling like rain, as well as rain falling, and rain snow mix. More so than last year this time.

It's starting to feel like Winter,

Brrrrrr. 

Happy Friday everyone!