December Catch Up

Here are a few pictures of Myles birthday. He had a great birthday and was spoiled as usual!

We also started a new tradition this year with the Miller family. We did a progressive dinner so that we could see every one's decorations. It was a long night, but fun. We had soup at our house which I think everyone liked. We had our good friend Pancho with us, which we loved having him there!

Christmas was great - a little too short, but still good. The kids apparently had been good all year because they got spoiled! We also had my mom with us which we loved! The kids liked having her there to see them open all their presents.

Myles turned 2 yesterday - what a fast two years it has been. He is such a joy to our family and certainly the life of the party!

We love you Myles. Happy Birthday.

Peanut Butter Fudge

So, I tried this recipe for Peanut Butter Fudge, and it was delicious! It's from Today's Creative Blog - I have tried a few of her recipes and all of them have been great! (http://todayscreativeblog.net/).

Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

3 C. Sugar

3/4 C. Butter

3/4 C. evaporated Milk

4 HEAPING tablespoons Peanut Butter

7 oz jar of marshmallow cream

1 C. Nuts (chopped) I don’t always use nuts.

1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Combine sugar, butter and milk in med sauce pan

2. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.

3. Continue to boil, stirring for 5 min over med heat. (I usually stir until about 234-238 degree’s)

4. Remove from heat

5. Add Peanut butter, stir til melted

6. Add marshmallow cream, nuts and vanilla

7. Pour into buttered 9×9 in pan. ( I use a larger one since I like my fudge thinner.)

Cinnamon Honey Butter

So, this year I made some Cinnamon Honey Butter for some friends and neighbors - and I thought I'd share the recipe. It's pretty much delicious, and REALLY simple!

CINNAMON HONEY BUTTER

1 cup honey

1 cup butter, softened (don't melt)

1 cup powdered sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

Combine all ingredients in your kitchenaide (I actually used about 2 tbsp more of butter so it wasn't so honey tasting). Mix using the whisk attachment until smooth and creamy, scraping down sided of bowl often.

I used a spatula to pour the mixture into a big ziploc bag, cut a whole in the bottom corner, and squeezed into jar.

Enjoy,

Thanksgiving and Such

Well, we had a very wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We spent Thanksgiving day with my mom and sister and her family. Jack was supposed to go with Steve, but he let us keep him for the dinner which I was so thankful for! We had a great time - but, certainly missed Dad! Everyone says that the first year is the hardest, but I think it will be hard no matter how many years it has been!

My sisters kids stayed with my mom from Thursday to Saturday. The slept at our house on Thursday night because my mom had to work on Friday. We took the kids to McDonald's for lunch and then Dusty and I took the older kids to Harry Potter 7 that night. My mom also took all the kids to Megamind earlier in the day - so, Duncen and Myken were movied-out by the end of the night!

Saturday we took the kids to Pirate Island - we missed Jack though! Then my mom took them home. I think they were pretty spoiled while they were with her, but that's what Grandma's do I guess. We also got a new car that night - it's really for Dusty but I really like it too.

Sunday we got Jack back and had fun making homemade donuts (thanks to my friend Jean-Marie). They were FANTASTIC. We actually dipped them in cinnamon-sugar. Yummy!

So, we had a great holiday. I'm just sad it's over! This weekend Dusty and I will be celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary in Park City - Christmas shopping, here we come!

Happy Birthday Bree!

Happy Birthday to by little girl - she's not my baby anymore. Bree turns 6 today. We love you Bree!!

Myles

I thought I'd journal some of the words Myles is saying now. He sure loves to babble - and he'll only talk on his own time, so no forcing him to do anything he doesn't want to do!! lol
Mom - he says this all the time. He walks around the house calling for me. Especially when I'm not home.
Dad
Hi
Bye
Choo-Choo
Sun
Shoes
Grandma (only once)
Jordyn (only once)
Mouse (for Mickey Mouse)

He says a lot more, just nothing you can understand. I sure love My Guy!