O, Christmas Tree!

Get out your sunglasses, I've decorated the tree! Jared is really nice and puts on as many lights as possible so the tree seems to glow from within. We have a nature theme this year with birds, woodland animals, icy branches, pine cones and berries topped off with snow. Jared flocked our existing tree (and some of the lights!) to get the snowy effect. I think the best job in the world would be decorating Christmas trees at the White House with an unlimited budget. I would decorate all day long!

Cozy Cat

Fluffy decided to make himself comfortable in this basket last night. I think he just wanted a nice place to wait until I got the tree skirt fixed around the tree (his other favorite spot this time of year.)

Big 12 Champions!!

Congratulations to the Ou Sooners! Jared and I had a great time watching the game on tv in our nice warm family room. The girls were gone babysitting and got back just in time to see the end. Way to go, Sam! OU 62 - MU 21 !!!

Lambert's Cafe

On our way to Tulsa we were driving through Springfield and decided to stop and eat at Lambert's. Since we had just tried that roll recipe, I wanted to see hw close we came. They were almost identical! Of course at the restaurant you have the atmosphere and all those rolls flying through the air. We were lucky to be passing through at an off time and did not have to wait at all.

Thanksgiving Trip

We had so many activities packed into a few short days and nights. We were able to see our family and friends and enjoy a little side trip to Branson on the way home. Our trip even ended with a little snow Sunday night and Monday. Now I have to get going on Christmas. I have got to get the Autumn wreath off the door-- it's getting a little embarassing! Thanks to all our family who made our stay in Tulsa so nice.

Family Fun

Wednesday morning I got up and made a few goodies to take to the Thanksgiving dinner with Jared's family. Jared picked up Lisa and Mitchel and we met at Jared's mother's house for lunch. She has a new Wii so Jared got it set up and we played a few games. She is going to have fun with that. Later we went over to Jared's brother's house. There were lots of people and lots more delicious food! It was fun to see everyone, especially the cousins Alex, Luke, Noah and Zoe. That little Zoe is the cutest! These pictures prove it! It was getting late, so we left and drove through the Christmas lights at Rhema. It was a beautiful sight! Thanks to Linda, Boyd and Rhonda for your hospitality!

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day was spent with Grandma and Grandpa. We got up to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade We rolled out the rolls to rise and made one more pie (chocolate) to go with Grandma's french apple- yum! Grandma worked on the dressing and other sides. We drove over to Karl's to pick up the smoked turkey and then came back to eat it all. I was sooooo full! Everything was so good. Especially those rolls! Thanks Grandma for working so hard on a beautiful delicious meal (and clean up!). And thanks to the turkey man-- it wasn't too shabby either! The girls put on a little holiday flute concert and even had a few duets with Grandma at the piano. We also made Grandpa watch Kung-Fu Panda. What a great day!