Blue Moon

This Christmas was pretty awesome. We had it at our house this year, so that was nice. We had blizzard-like weather that night. It was so pretty because everything was covered in snow. We all ate yummy food, opened presents, and played games. Riley had so much fun that night. She loved all the attention. I put her in the cutest little shirt, but her bows didn’t last long.

I got a lot of nice things for Christmas including a Wii & Wii fit, a diamond ring, pink Converse, baking supplies, and lots of other cute things. I’ve been too lazy to put up all my presents and hook up my Wii. I’ve spent most of my time laying in bed and catching up on Criminal Minds. Riley got this super cute collar for her Christmas present.

On Christmas day Mom and I made breakfast and then opened our stockings. We also took the dogs outside to get pictures of them in the snow. Just look how cute they are!

She didn't like this too much

Roxie in her new bed

We spent the rest of the day sleeping and eating. It was glorious.

Willa finally got to come home on Wednesday. I haven't had a chance to go visit her, but here are some new adorable pictures:

With her bff Audrey

Sisters

I finally took some pictures of my room. I haven't finished decorating, but you get the idea.

After Christmas I made my first cupcake cake. I thought it would be easy, but it wasn't. I had to get Mom to help me smooth the icing out. I was afraid that the icing would fall down in between the cupcakes. After it was all done I didn't think it looked too bad. What do you think?

I will be back later with some of my goals for next year. Which is only about 30 minutes away :) Happy New Year!!!

It's Christmas!

Merry Merry Christmas!!

Just 2 more days...

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I can’t believe it’s already here. This year, it doesn’t really feel like Christmas. Today it’s 70 degrees. I think tomorrow it’s going to be closer to 40 degrees. I finished all my shopping and baking (thank goodness).

I’ve been baking all week. I made Christmas rice crispy treats last Wednesday, Santa hat cake pops Friday, more rice crispy treats on Monday, red velvet cupcakes Tuesday, and Oreo cupcakes Wednesday. On top of all that Mom made chocolate covered peanuts, chocolate covered pretzels, peppermint bark, toffee, and Ritz crackers with peanut butter in the middle covered in chocolate. I’m giving out little goody bags full of homemade candy at work.

Tuesday was our pot luck dinner at work. We had El Finex catered in. I made red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing. I colored the icing green and used my new fondant cutter to cut out the snowflakes. Then I added edible glitter to the snowflakes, They turned out real pretty, but I wasn’t too crazy about the icing. I made some pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing a while ago and the icing was perfect. But I couldn’t get the icing to taste the same this time.

We did secret Santa at work and I made Oreo cupcakes as my present. The recipe said it would make 12 cupcakes. When I put the batter in the pan, I had quite a bit left over. Mom suggested that we fill the cups up. After they were in the oven for a while I looked at them and the batter had overflowed and spread over the entire pan. They ended up looking like giant mushrooms! Now we know better :)

The rice crispy treats I made turned out real cute. I didn’t get any good pictures because my camera needed to be charged. But you get the idea.

Next year I want to try to make these cupcakes

And these gingerbread houses.

As much as I can’t wait till Christmas, I’m always sad to see it go. All this planning and cooking and buying and then it’s all over in a couple of hours. But it’s still my favorite time of the year. I decorated my desk at work. Here is what it looks like:

I made the stocking myself!

I think Riley likes it as well. She has been trying to open up the presents under the tree. We have to keep a look out since she has opened a couple already J We took the doggies to get holiday pictures done a few weeks ago. I think they turned out super cute!

Kristin and Tom got their Christmas gift early. Willa was born on December 4th. She was born with a tumor on her lower back, but the doctors were able to remove it successfully. She has been in ICU since she was born and nobody has got to see her yet (except parents and grandparents). Kristin has been posting pictures and she is just the cutest thing! She has the cutest lips too. Here are a few of my favorites:

We are still waiting for her to come home, and I can’t wait to see her!

Tomorrow will be a short day at work. Then I have to come home and get the house ready for Christmas. We are having Christmas at our house this year, so I’m pretty excited about that. And I can’t wait to open all my presents!

Here are some random (and cute) pictures of Riley.

O Cristmas Tree

We are putting up our Christmas tree this weekend (hopefully tomorrow night). This is my favorite part of the holidays, so I can't wait! I love Christmas trees, decorations, presents, yummy treats, sausage balls and queso, and tacos on Christmas Day. It will be here soon!! So here are some pretty trees to get you in the spirit.