Christmas Gift Exchange

  So here is my goody box ready to mail to gift exchange partner.  She lives in Rhode Island.  I hope she enjoys this package of goodies which include:

A homemade Christmas Stocking

some glitter ball ornaments,

31 Days of Joy…this is a great little book that gives you ideas to take pictures of for the whole month of December, things to remember, and to jot down things to do and to create.

And last but not least:

Cute reversible word blocks.

 

I hope she enjoys all these fun and creative things. I can’t wait to see what her package contains just for me.

Yw Value bracelets

It seems even if you are not in YW but have a young women you still get drawn in to help. Now she is in the Laurels we decided to make value bracelets. In our ward from Utah Jen our YW president made us all bracelets including us in the presidency. My daughter has worn hers out and also mine, so I guess now is a great time to make another one. "A" came with me to pick out the stones, she had so much fun making sure each color was a unique and different stone then the other colors. So here is a completed bracelet, it turned out way cute.

24 days of Christmas

Every year I do a countdown until Christmas.  I start on Dec. 1 and go until Christmas Eve.  Part of this tradition is that I wrap up CHristmas books and christmas dvd's.  I usually wrap them up in jan. or feb. to save me time when it gets close to christmas.  Also included in the mix is activities that we can do as a family.  I sit down and mark out the days and sort out which days will work for a book, activities and a dvd.  Since I didn't wrap them last winter, I have been searching for the right paper to go with this years color theme, and I found it.  I was so excited, so step 1 is done...they are all wrapped and ready to go.  Next I have to figure out how I want to display this years advent activities.  I better start planning.



books and dvd's

Christmas Color Theme...

So with a new move to New Mexico, we wanted to have some new memories for the holidays.  SO I decided to try a whole new color theme this year.  SO I have been searching high and low for the color scheme we wanted.   We wanted to use the bright pinks, green, teal and purple.  So yesterday while hunting at Hancock Fabrics I found this way cute fabric.  Check it out...
I will post once I get my creative juices overflowing..

Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies

These Pumpkin Chocolate chip cookies are the easist you will ever make.  It only requires 3 ingredients ( I did use 4 because I didn't have a small can of Pumpkin pie filling, so I needed to add Pumpkin Pie spice or cinnamon and nutmeg)

Recipe:
1 box of Spice cake
Small can of Pumpkin Pie filling
(If using a big can, use 2 cake mixes)
1/2 bag of Chocolate chips
Pumpkin Pie spice ( is needed)

Preheat oven to 350*. Mix the pumpkin and cake mix and spices in a bowl.  Don't use a mixer it makes it fluffier and the cookies don't turn out as good.  Stir until all the cake mix is mixed in with the pumpkin.

 

After it has been all stirred add the chocolate chips and stir until completely mixed in.

Lightly spray a cookie sheet and use a spoon and drop the dough on the tray.

Place cookies in heated oven for 20 minutes then remove and cool.

Enjoy them while they are are warm and yummy.