Monthly Archives: December 2011

Thursday was a busy day! First we had a special overnight visitor Wednesday night. Asher spent the night at our house and the boys even have matching pajamas, which made for an adorable picture right before our bedtime popcorn and movie. Thursday morning, we enjoyed the break in the weather and spent some time atContinue reading “12.29”

Christmas morning, we woke up before the kids. As usual. Well, to be fair, I set an alarm so I could put the cinnamon rolls in the oven and start the Crock Pot mac & cheese for lunch. But Jim woke up all on his own and we opened our stockings and then waited untilContinue reading “12.25”

We had a very relaxing Christmas Eve. The kids played all morning while I got the turkey in the oven and made a pear cranberry crisp and prepped the brandied yams for dinner. Then we all took naps (I was fighting a cold). After naps, we got dressed and took our annual family picture inContinue reading “12.24”

We enjoyed a perfectly-cooked prime rib dinner at Jim’s parents’ house last Friday for our family Christmas. You can tell Haley was ready to eat! Matt & Jen We opened presents after dinner and, as usual, were spoiled greatly. Here I am helping Haley open and sporting my new houndstooth scarf (Roll Tide!). Haley gotContinue reading “12.23”

I love sugar cookie dough. I could eat it by the pound. Fortunately, I only make it once a year. (So far this week, I’ve made fudge, chocolate peanut butter balls, sugar cookies, peppermint brownies, pecan pie, white wine cake, and vanilla ice cream. I’ve gained a pound. I think that shows considerable restraint. Anyway…)Continue reading “Christmas Cookies”

Jim and I went to his work’s Christmas party last night, and there was an ugly Christmas sweater competition. While my sweater was tacky, Jim’s showed considerable effort to be ugly and he got lots of compliments on his ugly sweater and tied for second place. 🙂 We had a great time!

We have two rocking chairs: an adult size and a child size. Until this week, the adult size has been in Haley’s room (for obvious reasons) and the child size has been in JT’s room. But really, Haley sits in the child size one more than JT does. So I asked JT if he wouldContinue reading “Rocking Chair Switch”

A big thanks to Carlie Curlee for these fabulous photos of the Keene family! We were chilly but had a great time and got several new framers out of the bunch!

Haley has become a fork expert. She’s pretty excited about it. My mom, in a stroke of genius, bought Haley some cocktail forks. They are perfectly sized and yet have enough stabbing power to pick up anything, including the steamed eggs she’s enjoying in this photo. Haley is clearly gaining dexterity because the other thingContinue reading “Forks and Other News”

That’s right – the Christmas spirit! I’ve got to keep track of all these fun things we do in the Christmas season because next year I’m absolutely going to finally finish my advent activity calendar idea from my friend Sarah. Really. I kicked off the month by hosting a table at the Antioch Women’s ChristmasContinue reading “In the Spirit”