Weekend with Family

This past weekend was spent with family and celebrating Christmas. My father-in-law came in town for the weekend and stayed with us. On Saturday we went to Bailey's dance recital, which was adorable. It is so cute watching little kids dance or try to dance. Bailey did so good; she knew the routine and did it all! That night everyone came over to our house for dinner (Jeff picked up some delicious steaks- yum) and then we played Apples to Apples. I always think I am going to do so good at that game but never do. It was a fun night filled with lots of laughs!

Look how cute she is! 

Jeff left on Sunday morning. Sunday afternoon my Grandma and family came over to celebrate Christmas with my Grandma. We had a delicious lunch (2 great meals in a row) and then opened some presents. My Grandma gave us our Hallmark ornaments- every year she has given every grandchild a Hallmark ornament. I have so many wonderful ornaments from her! My mom didn't give me mine until I got married, so I was allowed to put mine on our tree but the boys' ornaments had to go back with mom. It was a nice afternoon with family!

Christmas Candy Making

Every year my Grandma, aunts, cousins, mom, and myself meet to make homemade candy. It is the start to the Christmas season! My cousins and I are getting better at learning how to do it on our own. This year I took pictures of each candy and wrote down the recipes to make a book. It is a 3 day event- 2 days making candy and 1 day boxing it. We all take some home, give it away, and eat it at Christmas. This year we tried some new types of candies.We spent the days and nights laughing- one night we were laughing so hard we were in tears. Aunt Jan brought old pictures, which was fun to look through. We had 4 generations making candy, quite a neat family tradition.