Christmas Pajamas

It's always fun to get new Pajamas on Christmas Eve! 

Christmas Eve Best

My two handsome boys.


David was excited to get a new shirt and tie.



Josh loves to wear vests.


Rachel said she felt like she was in the Nutcracker when she put on the dress that I made her.


Emma just wanted to come up close to the camera.


She finally stood still when Rachel held her hand.


Here's the four of them - all ready to go to church.

Curly locks

Rachel had been asking for a perm, so today I finally gave it to her. It took longer than I had planned and there's a section that didn't curl very well but she's still pretty happy with it. Hopefully it will turn out to be "wash and wear" like I planned. She looks pretty cute!

Giving Thanks

Despite being away from all of our family, we had a very nice Thanksgiving. I didn't want to cook a big meal for just our immediate family, so we decided to invite some families in our ward over. Turns out, a lot of people here don't have family around either. We had two nice families over and that way I didn't have to cook everything my self. We had the traditional fare - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, yams, green bean casserole, rolls, and pie. We had a nice 20 lb turkey (that only cost me $6.00, thanks to Bag 'n Save). It was difficult deciding on a cooking/preparation method since everything I read or heard turned out to be something different. "Brine it! , smoke it!, cook it upside down!" I opted to cook the turkey in a turkey bag. The only problem (if you can call it a problem) was that the turkey cooked in 3 1/2 hours. It was ready way before everything else was. I thought it tasted pretty good. Everyone liked my cornucopias made from ice cream cones (steam the end and bend it to make it look authentic) and a good time was had by all. Again, I was so anxious about the preparations that I didn't take any pictures. I guess I need to be better about that. And now, I can take one deep breath, because Christmas is coming, and I have a lot to do....