Merry Christmas!

Today is our Christmas morning! We have all of our presents separated, Gary's on the left, and mine on the right and our joint presents in the middle. Clementine's are scattered. She got lots of presents from her cousin and family too! Lucky puppy!

I'll send some pictures soon! Wish everyone was here, but I love that I have a Gary and my little puppy to share my Christmas with. I'm a lucky girl!

Check, Check, 1, 2, 3

Is anyone out there? Is anyone reading these?

Mini Hershey Bakery

I have been baking like a crazy woman lately. I tried to make the yummy caramel brownies that Gary's mom make.....and of course they are going to be good when you mix chocolate with melted caramel, but they didn't look right when they were finished. We're trying another batch tomorrow for our friends' christmas gifts. They all get sweets for Christmas. I also baked enough cookies for 3 each for my students. I think that turned out to be around 180, maybe more because Gary ate some. Then I wrapped them up in saran wrap and tied a bow on them. What a task, but most parents thanked me at the recital. The kids did great at the recital. A lot more mistakes than what I'm used to, but I also have lost a lot of parent involvement. It's frustrating to not have people WANT their kids to do good. Too busy with work I suppose. :-(

Well it's only 5 days until we leave for Nebraska for Christmas. I've checked the weather and it looks like we're going to have some good weather, cold but no snow. That will make getting everywhere easy for us. Including the airport. I say that next year, you all come to us. :-)

I have some stories to tell, but I'll do that on another post.

I have been trying to upload this picture for a week now. I love our little Christmas tree. Gary and I like to get ornaments where ever we have traveled together. So this is the first year I didn't put my 'baby' ornaments up.....the ones that I've had since I was a baby. Actually, I put up one that is from 1977.....my favorite from my great grandma Roland! Hopefully we'll get more pictures up.