Ashelyn eating applesauce.
A boy and his dog.
Tired wife.
Tired baby.
We got so much snow! It’s beautiful! Yesterday, before it got too cold, we Jake took the kids out to play in it! They had an absolute blast and were out there a good solid hour. Ashelyn is obsessed with sledding. She even loves to crash. It just throws her into a giggle fit. Gideon is much more interested in building snow forts and throwing snowballs. Jake even went for a run on the sled after he had shoveled the driveway. I think he shoveled too soon though because our driveway is completely covered again. Oh well! Here are a couple videos of the kiddos and lots of fun pictures!
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Or any chance the can get! My kids loooove their sunglasses!
Ya, they’re ridiculously cute. It’s okay, you can admit it! :o)
The kids and I headed to church. I wish Jake would have been home in time to take pictures with us when we were all dressed up, but he didn’t make it home until about 4 in the afternoon. C’est la vie! (We were running a bit late *surprise, surprise* so I wasn’t very happy looking in these pictures… sorry about that)
Merry Christmas
love
the DoanGang!
Here you are cousin… the Christmas Jammies!
Oh shoot, I never blogged about that! But, I got a sewing machine. It’s awesome and has flowers on it, not all over or anything, but umm, I’ll take a picture! I <3 it!
P.S. I have a new sugar cookie recipe and it is FABULOUS if you’re on the lookout for one, so I’ll share it with you!!! Be warned though, for best results it should chill overnight (or if you can’t stand to wait that long give it at least 2 hours….or just eat all the dough with a spoon… whatever you’re in to.)
Yummiest Sugar Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
1 and 1/2 Cups Butter (No Margarine folks)
3 Cups Sugar
4 Eggs
4 teas. Vanilla Extract
5-6 Cups Flour
2 teas. Baking Powder
1 teas. Salt
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and let chill for at least two hours (or Overnight if possible.)
2. Preheat oven to 400F. Roll out dough 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick on floured surface. Cut with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes once oven is preheated. Cool completely. Decorate!
Just a note: this makes a ton of cookies. Last time, I halved this recipe and still got somewhere between 4 and 5 dozen. And if you’re like me, cookie cutters are only fun for so long and then you just want to lump the dough on the pan. Good luck and happy cooking!
Tonight (or technically last night now), the kids and I dropped Jake off at the airport for his weekend man trip and then headed to his work Christmas party. I know, how good of a wife am I to go to my husband’s work party without my husband. DANG GOOD I say! Especially since it’s a family party, Meaning I had to wrangle my two crazies by myself. (Only not really, because my awesome Sister In Law and her great kids are probably the best helpers/entertainers around.)
It was good except for some reason everything seemed to be running late. Which is not typical and a little tough with young’uns. BUT, they got to see Santa and sit on his lap and get their first SANTA PRESENTS. The kids got awesome presents as usual and I’ll be sure to take a picture of them with them. (What was I thinking? I didn’t even get Santa pictures! But they had a photog there so maybe I can snag them later.) Gideon told me all the way home about how “Santa gave me this transformer pwesent” and “I lub it so much.” And “Mommy, don’t you lub it?” and “Santa gave Sissy a baby, it’s cute mommy.” Then he “snuggled” up with Megatron and went right to bed. :) haha.
My darlings:
