cookies

lately baking has become my new favorite hobby, last night i made my first loaf of bread from scratch and i cant wait to make it again and before christmas i made some cookies with my favorite children.

recipe found here, not my favorite recipe they lacked alot of flavor

i think she got excited because she thought it was chocolate

cutting the cookies

please ignore the hot mess i am in the picture

later that week i made these, whole wheat chocolate chip cookies and they were heavenly so heavenly i might have ate all of them on my own....

my cute apron with ruffles and comfy slippers

ingredients

entertainment while i wait for the cookies to be done

the cutest cookie of the entire batch

quote of the week

"Sometimes in life there really are bonds formed that can never be broken. Sometimes you really can find that one person who will stand by you no matter what; maybe you’ll find it in a spouse and celebrate it with your dream wedding, but there is also the chance that the one person you can count on for a lifetime, the one person who knows you, sometimes better than you know yourself, is the same person who's been standing beside you all along."
-bride wars

new years eve

usually i dont even make out of the house new years eve, so me staying up til midnight to see the ball drop usually doesnt happen either, this year however was totally different from the usual stay at home and watch a movie. my mom, brother, sister, lovebutton and i went over to the lovebugs house and had a lovely night with them:

celebrating with the lovebugs!

getting dressed up as buzz, totally normal

let the dance parties begin

impromptu guitar lessons

sabering the champagne bottle

midnight toasts

tomorrow its back to normal posting, most likely recipes for the cookies i made and eventually the soup i made today!

christmas

christmas eve at my moms best friend's house and christmas morning opening presents, late night visits from santa, snow and opening presents with my lovebugs:

christmas eve

sharing a bed; traditional

waiting to be able to see our presents

new truck!

santa visits

lovebugs

lovebutton

snow!

christmas prep

a few things we always do before celebrating christmas and to get us ready for christmas:

picking a tree

my personal choice

dance break

gingerbread house competition

picture with santa

holidaze

{the kids christmas tree}

these next few posts this week are going to be a catch up of everything i didnt blog about on my break from facebook, twitter, and blogger. so were going back in time to before christmas for some christmas prep, cookie baking, christmas eve and christmas, pseudo family christmas and finally new years eve. im gonna warn you theyre gonna be photo heavy so be prepared. all those days included lots of time with my lovebugs, impromtu dance parties to christmas music, lots of baking, apple cider, the little house series by laura ingalls wilder, late night visits from santa the day after christmas, torturing our dogs, crafts, decorating and presents. it was lovely and i am now a bit sad that my father and i started to take down the decorations today. we decided the outside lights could stay up a little longer to stretch out the holidays.

quote of the week

"may your coming year be filled with magic, dreams and good madness.

i hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful,
and don’t forget to make some art.
write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.
and i hope, somewhere in the next year,
you surprise yourself."
— neil gaiman