mmm…its smells like fresh baked cookies…

Kev makes the most yummiest peanut butter cookies ever!! He has been making them for many years and this year Heather was let in on the secret recipe. I just love the way our home smells when cookies are baking. We made a few dozens to share with our friends and neighbors and saved some dough so Santa can have a few fresh baked ones =)

this is a Christmas tutu I made for Heather and a matching one for her dolly.. Heather just thought it was the funnies thing that her and her dolly matched

we are ready to bake!

Dad was teaching how to carefully crack the eggs.. don’t want any weird crunchy stuff in the cookies

Heather counted along with how many tsp of vanilla it takes for Kevs super cookies

the criss cross’ have to be just right

and voila!! you have amazing pnut butter cookies.. it was a long 12.5 min to wait for them to cook! they were sooo yummy!!! 

Have a Merry Christmas!

Its beginning to look like Christmas..

Its beginning to look like Christmas and we are all so excited! Heather is having so much fun looking at the lights and all the decorations. Two of our neighbors won awards for the best decorated homes in our city and they have snow blowing everywhere too its great! this past weekend  we went to Kev’s aunt and uncle’s house for the beginning of the family Christmas get togethers. Heather has so much fun playing with her second cousin Daniel, he’s about 6-1/2 months older than her and they have so much fun with each other. The weather was great to be outside, there was a little chill in the air but in the sun it felt great! I love California for that reason! We are just about ready for the man in red to come visit, tonight we will bake some cookies for the neighbors.. I cant wait! Kev makes the most delicious pnut butter cookies! I’ll post pics of that later =) Hope the Christmas cheer is finding you all well too.

Heather was checking out what Santa was making although it sure does look like she’s up to something…

Daniel and Heather playing follow the leader

this is what happens when you ask 2 yr olds to look up at you.. they were looking at the rocks so I said look up..I should have been a bit more clear LOL

playing tag by the tree

peek a boo.. I see you

they were patiently waiting to see if Santa may come early

it looks like they are so tall!

checking to see if Santa’s reindeer are coming….

Hope you all made Santa’s nice  list this year =) Have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy every minute with your family and loved ones and remember the true meaning of the season…

a magical day..

we headed off to Disneyland for some minnie and mickey magical fun at the happiest place on earth.. well at least in Anaheim. Heather had so much fun!! It actually wasn’t to crowded either.. its disneyland and will always be crowded but it wasn’t bad. We took the train ride around the park, which was so fun and went on a few rides and the carousel too and had lots of fun at toon town! It was a great day!
I love all the palm tress on the street
this Christmas tree is huge! wish it was real.. it would smell so good!

Heather and I went to the sky in our rocket ship. Heather enjoyed making it go up and down and I was so happy she didn’t mind being so high up
Kev and Heather at Autopia.. Heather kicked Dad out of the driver seat and took the wheel LOL
the castle was beautiful, we didn’t see any princesses though
We all had fun riding the horses on the carousel

this huge chair was at goofy’s dog house.. to bad it wasn’t soft and squishy
Heather was sooo happy to see Minnie!
Minnie was so sweet and it made Heather’s day to meet her friend
this is the next day.. we were off to have breakfast with Santa. Thankfully not everything was blown away and we were able to have some fun in the snow after breakfast
It was a great weekend! very busy but so much fun Thankfully we didn’t lose power at our house during the horrible winds but just about everything was blown around in the yard and a few neighbors lost some trees but nothing major where we were. Our family in TC was without power for 4-1/2 days, its back now. It was crazy to see all the beautiful old oaks blown down this was some crazy wind! Glad it didn’t last more than 2 days!
Now its time for more Christmas fun.. everyone is almost done putting up their lights and we can go for our walks to check out all the pretty lights!