Catch Up

My two boys sleeping together in the living room.  Jake is a much better snuggler than Roxie is. She gives great kisses but is not one to sleep next to us.  But Jake loves to be right next to someone. Unless he has moved to the dog bed, where is just curls up and cuddles himself.  

But she is too darn cute!  And such an easy dog, much less demanding than Jake is.  She is pretty chill about life and does not get as excited as often as Jake does.  She is happy to be around her people, just chilling out.  

Mom and Dad went on a road trip to FL during the middle of December.  I was on my own for holiday baking and chose bar cookies/treats to make this year.  It got it all done in one pan!  But of course there were several pans to make because one does want a variety!  

Jake reporting for guard duty, even in the rain.  

With a lot of baking, comes a lot of dishes.  

I mailed the Christmas package to MA and there was one bag of goodies that the kids could open before Christmas.  Presley modeled several of the items and Laura said she enjoyed everything!  

I wonder if Chewy takes returns?  

Guess what Roxie found? 

Wearing a Christmas hat to school today.  

We had Reindeer Games at work this week.  This game you had to take a candy can in  your mouth and pick up other candy canes from the table and move them into a bowl. It was not easy! But is was fun and Baylor got a few candy canes out of it.   

Gingerbread Party

Jake taught Roxie to stalk the neighbors and they both did in turns this morning.  I sent Mandy photos of the dogs watching in case they had a feeling they were being watched.  

And when I come home on Tuesday, when Gloria is off, the dogs are there watching for me as well.  This night did not end well as we found Dave in his bathroom dead from an apparent heroin overdose.  It was not a good night.  That is all I have to say about that.  

Life goes on for the rest of us. For me, that meant later that week getting ready for the gingy party on the weekend.  I was not able to make the houses over Thanksgiving weekend because I was not home so I was rushing every evening and morning to make houses.  Well, rushing makes a big mess when you tip the flour into the bowl and accidentally move the speed lever to high!  

Hey, it is a train!!! 

Friday I was off to get ready for the party and drove to Lancaster to pick up Mom so I could have her for the weekend!  We went to Green Dragon together, did not get much but always a good way to spend time on a Friday! 

Shopping for some yummy canned items for Christmas gifts.  

We split a delicious donut!! It was so hard to choose which one. 

Jake was a tired dog from daycare and took his evening nap in bed instead of on the couch.  He had to move at bedtime though.  

Saturday we attended the funeral for Dave and it was awesome to see such a full church of friends, co-workers and family there.  We went out to lunch with Meme, Pap and Jason afterwards and headed home.  

Mom had a willing helper Sunday morning to get ready to party. Well, Roxie was mostly interested in eating.  

We invited the Hazel's, the McGraws and the Dwyer-Allens.  They Dwyer-Allens could not make it this year so I invited the Nelsons and Pancholis to join us.  

Once Baylor was done with his house, he whiled away his time waiting for the other kids to finish. 

Roxie loves Greeva and Kartikey, a lot!! 

I ended up doing two houses, one was red, white and green. 

And the other was white and blue.

Baylor was quite pleased with his as well!  And with that, the party was over and the house patterns put away for another year!