Reindeer Cookies

I bought several different "treats" to make special Christmas cookies for 2011, and we did not really make very many of them.  I had brought the ingredients to make them during our "Christmas" in Bemidji but didn't do them then either.  I think it was in February we pulled the stuff out to make these reindeer cookies.  To be honest, I still have some of the stuff I bought (it's June now) so should get busy or it will be money wasted.  These cookies are just heart and bell sugar cookies with pretzels and M+M's pressed in before baking, but if we do it again, we had discussed frosting the cookies after baking and then putting the treats on.

Pumpkins and Dominoes

We went to the corn maze this past fall (2011) and got three big pumpkins.  Those, along with one I had, made lots of yummy pumpkin bars over the winter after we had fun trying to paint (which didn't work for us) and color on them.

Melissa made a castle of dominoes...

Aaron's 16th Birthday

I thought Aaron's birthday pictures were on the cell phone but found them on the computer.  Here they are...all three of them.  :)  He did nothing special to celebrate and had no particular foods he requested this time.  I did make him a cheesecake cake, which is what he has wanted for the past several years.

Happy birthday!

Today is Mike's birthday.  I was asked how old he was and couldn't say without some figuring...  I did teach the older two kids that he was "ancient" 15 years ago though.  That's much easier to remember than a number.  :)

Fall Leaves

The kids had fun in the leaves this past fall. (2011)

Catching up???

I don't think I will ever get my calm, peaceful life back. Things have slowed down considerably now that swimming and soccer are done, and I for one, like it. The kids do not...they like going places, and it adds variety to our days.

I have pictures of Aaron's and David's birthdays I need to figure out and make posts, and then there are several things I'm hoping to blog about.

We'll see...no promises...

Did I really ask?

Did I really ask about what would be next? He has been into bookshelves, eggs (yes, cracking and playing with several,) and now got into the gentian violet. I don't know if I can take this anymore. I'll have to decide if I should post a purple picture or not...

We had a soccer practice tonight and will have a game on Thursday. The kids (I had six extras for a couple miles) were hyper so I sent them all to run with the seniors as they were finishing up their practice later than we finish.

Tomorrow Tracy has a dentist appointment so we have to leave at 7:00 am. Some of us don't even know what things look like at that hour so it should be an interesting trip. I suppose I should figure out some lunch for Mike to feed the kids. Emily thinks she wants to go to McDonald's so will probably go with us for the trip.

I think that's it for now. Some of our friends had a baby who is now 12 days old so I am working on some meal ideas for them.