TWO COUNTRIES~ONE FAMILY: Merry Christmas!!

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Merry Christmas!!

I can't believe I haven't blogged since September but it has been really busy. My sister came to visit twice, once in August and once in November, with her cute little boy and her husband, Cary. We had so much fun together. Boy, I wish she lived closer:( We also have canned and froze a lot this year. I lost count on how many quarts of tomatoes, salsa, pumpkin pie filling, beans, peppers, etc.. we processed but we are stocked up for the winter and seeing the freezer and shelves full makes all the work worth it. We made Jalepeno poppers this year for the first time. They are delicious as long as you like them hot. I will need to take out more seeds next year. But if you have a sinus cold they are the ticket to feeling better. We started school and it has been going really well this year. Anthony decided he wanted to take a couple classes at the Vocational College this winter so we will see how it goes. He wants to go full-time next year, his Senior Year, for WindPower Techonology. I can't believe he will be a Senior next year. I am definitely not ready for it. We celebrated my 41st and Joe's 42nd Birthday. Mine in October and Joe's in December. Those definitely come very fast each year.

Then Christmas came. I was so excited for Advent this year. I was going to enjoy the whole season but of course it got busier than I planned. We had fun making cookies which Christina decided she loved the taste of. We made Krumakaka, Lefse, Belgian cookies, cutouts (which Christina made sure had a lot of sugar on them), almond bark pretzels, star cookies, monster cookies, and Ginger cookies. I can't wait until the sugar is out of the house. We found out that sugar is like caffeine for Miss Princessa. She has been off the walls the whole month of December. But she sure enjoyed Christmas this year. It is so much fun watching them enjoy every aspect of the season which we lose with all the hussle and bussle of the season.