Thanksgiving and Baptism!

Thanksgiving is officially over!!!! We had an extremely busy 4 day weekend!! Why I think we should cram everything into a few days I do not know!! Buut all well, it was fabulous none the less! Thanksgiving was celebrated with Russ's family at his parents house, thankfully for us all we had to make we're horderves! Which were specially requested! Sausage stars! Recipe to follow :) anyway do that was utterly relaxing!! And his cousin had just had a baby just a few days before so I got my baby fix :)

Sausage stars- any holiday party they will be a hit!!

Ingredients:
Yield:
60 mini wrappers
1 lb cooked crumbled sausage meat, casings removed (2 cups cooked)
1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese
1 cup hidden valley original ranch salad dressing, prepared from mix
1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced black olives
1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
1 (60 count) package wonton wrappers
vegetable oil
Directions:
1
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2
combine drained cooked sausage meat with the cheeses, salad dressing, olives and red pepper Lightly oil mini muffin tins and press a wrap in each tine so there are 4 wings sticking out Brush with oil bake 5 minutes until golden, remove wraps from pan, place on a baking sheet Fill wraps with the sausage, cheese mixture bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly& brown.

yumm!!

As we finished up thanksgiving I was clipping my coupons for my first Black Friday shopping trip!! And wow! We were out from 9pm at night to 6:30 in the morning and I was completely exhausted!! Got everything on my list and saved around $200 though!! So I will say it was a success, however next year I think I will be using amazon as they were price matching and had free shipping!

We then decorated the house for Christmas!! Pictures to come soon as I finish the details!! As well as our family Christmas pictures! :)

Then an exciting time as we got our kids baptized! It was a whole family affair with Russ's neice and his sisters neice as well!! Soo it was a eventful and exciting weekend!!

Christmas updates to come!! :)

Holidays Have Arrived!

I know, I know, been a LONG time!! Soo Sorry!

I am in full holiday swing these days and have even started off with hosting a Holiday Cookie Exchange last weekend! I have never hosted nor been one before so it was all new teritory for me, but I am soo wanting to establish new holidayu traditions for my kids to grow up always remembering, although they were not interested in anything to do with the cookies, other than eating them... :/ maybe next year!

Anywho I tried to research how other people have hosted them and decided to have people do 6 dozen (which happened to be WAY too many for the amount of people who could make it) and then I made 6 dozen sugar cookies just for us to decorate during the party! It seemed to be a hit and everyone had more than enough cookies to take home! I even brought a box to work and so did the boyfriend, there were about 3 dozen cookies gone in about an hour! Cookie Monsters I tell ya!

So i ventured into making Peppermint bark, which again I have never attempted to make beofre and to my surpise it was VERY simple and i will be making much much nore as Christmas comes closer!! I went off of the recipe and instruction that I found on Pinterest, Here is the link! http://pinterest.com/pin/589210891/

They turned out soo cute doing them in cookie templates! I couldnt find a silicone one and just used a metal one and it still worked great! Just be careful when getting them out of the pan so they dont break!
I also decided to take another Pinterest idea and make a holiday cake stand to put my bark on and I have to say for under $2 it looks pretty dang good!! Thank you Goodwill for the candle holder and tray! Just used spray paint I already had and some tacky glue, and BAM! :) Love it!

Soo All in All we had a GREAT first Annual Cookie Exchange!! :)

More Chirstmas Updates soon as I slave away at Black Friday lists, who else is braving the crowds?!

Toy Story on Ice!

Well this weekend we treated the kids to Toy Story on Ice and leading up I really am not sure who was more excited them or me!! I had never been to anything Disney on Ice and was beyond excited! And I have to say that it was amazing!! Loves every second of it as did the kids!! Nevermind their annoyed faces, there were so many toys the last thing they wanted was a picture!

And now I am on to complete Christmas mode, I do realize that Thanksgiving has not come and go w yet however I am already in the Christmas spirit! Doesn't help that the original grinch and elf were on last night!! :)

I will update tomorrow on the spray paint extravaganza I had yesterday, it involves both Christmas and glitter, could it get any better?!