Well, the Christmas season was so wonderful for our family. After some of the parties and such our family decided to hit Seaworld and enjoy the magic of their Christmas shows! I love them and without fail I cry every year. The best part is to see my kids faces light-up with joy as they watch Shamu do an incredible flip or Clyde the Sealion wave good-bye. It never gets old...at least for us!
Waiting for Polar Express 4-D to start!(Chase loves to do this face lately...great the next couple of years with this expression...good thing he's so handsome!)
I decided to play along a little with him...I'm really not sure where the hand thing came from!
This was Jaron's version of silly face...we need to work on him. It was a valiant effort!
My kids were in heaven as we made our way through the candy cane forest...good thing they were just the plastic kind or we would need an in-home dentist!
Miaja really wanted to take a picture with the "Christmas Princess" ...Chase and Ayden weren't as excited. Chase leaned back and whispered to me, "mom, she's immodest." Looking at the pictures I can see why he thought that...it's too cold in the North Pole for mini-skirts!
Next we moved on to the wonderful joys that come from making friends and neighbors goodies! We had such a blast this year! I literally let the kids choose a recipe each we had at it! We ended-up watch a friends kids that night so we had seven kids instead of four which REALLY made it exciting!
Honestly, I don't think I've ever had that much fun making goodies..and I loved the thought of our dear friends getting something made from so much love!
Ayden chose to make chocolate dipped marshmallows! Can you imagine seven kids 10 and under making these...yep...it was quite the sight! That's why there are no pictures....it was one on seven and my hands were full!
I made these little treats for some of my friends and the teachers in Relief Society, the women's organization in our church. They were too delicious...Brownies in a Jar. There was a rich yummy brownie baked in the jar then you hollow out the center and add peppermint ganache and top it off with candy cane striped icing and crushed peppermint sticks!!! I HAD to limit myself to one!
Chase chose to make candied popcorn. It was beautiful! Bright red and green and very sweet! Miaja's choice was the peppermint kiss cookies! These were such a great treat to make with the kids and really yummy! They loved getting to eat the extra kisses. My kids had to give me a kiss for every kiss they ate! Thomas and I chose Apple Cider Caramels. They were sooooo delish!
The kiddos are home from school so I'll have to do more later!
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