All Is Merry & Bright

I want everyone to know that I made a gingerbread house. There is a picture below (not completed) but you get the idea. I am not creative when it comes to making things with my hands but after a few hours I was starting to get the hang of it. It was fun spending hours with my mom and her cousins. They always know how to laugh and have a good time. [I guess that is where I learned it.]

Peppermint Gingerbread House

Shaelee, Marnie, & Heidi

I also made Christmas Sugar Cookies with Marnie and Shaelee. This was a first time as well. Turns out, sugar cookies are not my thing. I kept breaking the cookies. Poor Marnie's cookies. They never had a chance.

All I know is that Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. It is time to celebrate so don't mind me while I cram my homework into one week so I can celebrate Christmas to the fullest. 

So blast the Christmas music, go shopping, and don't forget to decorate your tree.

Merry Christmas!!

Thanksgiving Twenty Fifteen

I love holidays. Mainly because normal life is put on pause to celebrate something of greater importance. 

Plus, great food-all the time.

Grandma Anderson's Downstairs Christmas Tree

Traverse Mountain

A year later and we are still the three amigos. 

It is fun to ponder and where our lives were last year and how things have changed.

I guess you can say that we are all growing up. There are fun things in our future, and yes, Christmas is one of those things. We have thus entered the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! I just love the Christmas season. We get to celebrate the greatest gift to mankind, Christ's birth. It is a season of giving and believing. Also, don't forget, Thanksgiving is a few weeks away, so be thankful that you have a wonderful life. Even if you are facing trials, just remember, that you are alive and there is people who love you.  Also, tell your loved ones how you feel. Time is too short on this earth.

Wow, that post when from happy-go-lucky to some deeper thoughts. I just want to say that we live in a crazy world and it is 100% unpredictable. So just know, if you are reading this post, I must love you!!

Shaelee, Marnie & Heidi

 

Crayola Doesn't Make The Color For Your Eyes

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If you know me, you know that Halloween isn't exactly my favorite holiday. My favorite thing about Halloween is that it is in the fall. Everything else I could live without. Yes, even the candy :). To be completely honest, if I didn't have to dress up for work, I probably wouldn't even consider "being" something for Halloween. Last year were made some awesome (see what I did there?) costumes. If you need a refresher course you can find the blog post here. We learned our lesson last year, that even though our costumes were amazing, we weren't able to wear them while doing our normal work activities. This year we decided to make something we could wear all day long. 

Marnie made the stencil for our shirts and she made the crayon box! Did I mention that is practically made my costume last year too? ;)

Heidi & Marnie

Caleb, Marnie, Heidi & Nick

Besides Halloween, my life is steady. School, work, church. But I am trying to make some plans for the future that will shake things up a bit. So stay tuned.