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December 2010 Advent – December 19th – Family Movie Night

I had my nephews come over to stay the night (Jen and Jason had a Christmas party to go to tonight).I LOVE having all 7 of the kids together. We made caramel popcorn and watched Christmas movies – Tonight was my all-time favorite movie – A Christmas Story. I know every word!! Larry has the [...]

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

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December 2010 Advent – December 18th – Visit a local Christmas Activity

Our Scout family put together an AWESOME display at the Home-town Christmas. Each of the Cubbies created ornaments for the tree.We cut out camping diecuts and glittered pine cones. We used rope as garland and even made a tree topper of pinecones (my mom got on a kick while helping us organize the ornaments and [...]

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

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December 2010 Advent – December 17th – Try something NEW – Rosette Cookie recipe

Rosettes are special crisp, tender pastries that are traditional in Scandinavia. I have been hearing for YEARS how great these cookies are. I just had to see for myself. I found a rosette iron at a yard sale for $2 (included the recipe book and 4 different irons – SMOKIN’ DEAL! Prep Time: 15 minutes [...]

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

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December 2010 Advent – December 16th – Celebrate Family

Today was Little Elwyn (aka Beanie and JellyFish)’s Birthday. WOW! 7!!! Where did that year go! We decided to spend it together as a family. El wanted to go to a movie and out to dinner. Sometimes it is REALLY hard having a December birthday, but we try and separate it as much as possible [...]

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

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December 2010 Advent – December 15th – Beautify an existing decoration

Our move this last year was rough on some of  my decorations. I had several wreaths in a big bag and they got crushed. Larry told me to just throw them away and start fresh… I am SO glad that I didn’t. I picked up a few $1 sets of flowers (poinsettias and some snow [...]

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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

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