Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
More Christmas Fun
A friend gave Noelle an Amish Friendship Bread starter and she had so much fun with it. Better yet, baking in your pjs.....
Our church Christmas dinner was a lot of fun and of course I ate too much. We had cinnamon ham and come on, look at this dessert table.....
One of the ladies of our church, Martha, is a florist and does such a beautiful job on the centerpieces. Names were drawn for them to be taken home. I didn't win one but got a picture to share.
The evening wouldn't have been complete without something fun for everyone to do. We split up into teams to sing The 12 Days of Christmas. Each team had to sing their part and make up motions. Kyle was on team 1 and provided the partridge (envision a shadow puppet bird) in the pear tree. Noelle was on team 2 and they were graceful (slow flapping of arms) turtle doves. My team was the 8 maids-a-milking and we pretended to be milking a cow. I so wish I could have gotten pictures of it all, lol!
Our church Christmas dinner was a lot of fun and of course I ate too much. We had cinnamon ham and come on, look at this dessert table.....
One of the ladies of our church, Martha, is a florist and does such a beautiful job on the centerpieces. Names were drawn for them to be taken home. I didn't win one but got a picture to share.
The evening wouldn't have been complete without something fun for everyone to do. We split up into teams to sing The 12 Days of Christmas. Each team had to sing their part and make up motions. Kyle was on team 1 and provided the partridge (envision a shadow puppet bird) in the pear tree. Noelle was on team 2 and they were graceful (slow flapping of arms) turtle doves. My team was the 8 maids-a-milking and we pretended to be milking a cow. I so wish I could have gotten pictures of it all, lol!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Amaretto Fudge Cappuccino
I was in the mood for a cappuccino but they are so expensive. I went online and found this recipe.Really, really good!
Note: I used regular brewed coffee in place of the instant and hot cocoa mix in place of the chocolate syrup (its what I had on hand).
Early Christmas Present
Its nice to get up and have quiet time in the mornings. I'm not really a morning person but have learned to adapt since getting married and having kids. Sure, as soon as I write this, I hear movement above.
Anyway..........
We finally got an "entertainment" computer for our living room.
Why?
We like to watch Netflix movies online and this is so much better than crowding around our other computer in the dining room (a too crowded room already). We also love to listen to online radio, I want to convert our family VHS movies to DVD, not to mention having a second computer will make it possible for both kids to be online at the same time or for me to keep up with my online activities while they share the other one ;) Merry Christmas to us!!
Owen has an opinion about all this extra activity. What do you think it is?
Anyway..........
We finally got an "entertainment" computer for our living room.
Why?
We like to watch Netflix movies online and this is so much better than crowding around our other computer in the dining room (a too crowded room already). We also love to listen to online radio, I want to convert our family VHS movies to DVD, not to mention having a second computer will make it possible for both kids to be online at the same time or for me to keep up with my online activities while they share the other one ;) Merry Christmas to us!!
Owen has an opinion about all this extra activity. What do you think it is?
Monday, December 8, 2008
Live Nativity
Our live nativity over the weekend went really well!! It was a great outreach to our community with 234 cars and 634 people going through (yes, we are a small town). Many people commented that they were blessed and wanted to know if we were going to do it next year? Yes, we're planning on it.
It was more like a Journey through Bethlehem than a live nativity but since I don't get to decide on the name of it, it works ;) I think we should add more to the town of Bethlehem (blacksmith, carpenter shop, etc.), a lot more people, warmer costumes, and many other areas we didn't see a need until we actually did things the first time.
My mom and step-dad went through and commented that they liked all the people walking around in costume along with many animals (not just posing at stations), it made it feel as if you were going through a real town.
The weather was cold and clear the first night, cold and gently snowing with a little wind the second. We tried having replacements for all the roles but didn't have quite enough people to do that. Hopefully more will join us next year now that we've actually done one. I know I'll be involved next year.
What was my character? I was a market vendor (even spent a little time filling in as Mary). Kirk was a wise man, Kyle was a shepherd, and Noelle was a servant at the inn.
All I have right now are some pictures I took during the building of sets and sewing costumes. As soon as I get some pictures of the actual event, I'll post them as well.
Our church "sweat shop" (My machine is the one in the foreground)
It was more like a Journey through Bethlehem than a live nativity but since I don't get to decide on the name of it, it works ;) I think we should add more to the town of Bethlehem (blacksmith, carpenter shop, etc.), a lot more people, warmer costumes, and many other areas we didn't see a need until we actually did things the first time.
My mom and step-dad went through and commented that they liked all the people walking around in costume along with many animals (not just posing at stations), it made it feel as if you were going through a real town.
The weather was cold and clear the first night, cold and gently snowing with a little wind the second. We tried having replacements for all the roles but didn't have quite enough people to do that. Hopefully more will join us next year now that we've actually done one. I know I'll be involved next year.
What was my character? I was a market vendor (even spent a little time filling in as Mary). Kirk was a wise man, Kyle was a shepherd, and Noelle was a servant at the inn.
All I have right now are some pictures I took during the building of sets and sewing costumes. As soon as I get some pictures of the actual event, I'll post them as well.
This was taken the first day of building with rough lumber
Our church "sweat shop" (My machine is the one in the foreground)
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