Christmas, 2013

We had a wonderful Chrstmas holiday with family!  Christmas eve was a major change up but very nice.  We spent the evening with a cousin, my husband, son and a friend of my son's.  We had simple dinner of roasted rack of beef, steamed vegies, coleslaw, and pumpkin pie.  And some good visiting.  Christmas breakfast was the usual.  Rolls, eggs, bacon, champagne and OJ (with a list of 17 people coming but 4 couln't make it).  And a wonderful time with family.  My parents stayed home this year and grandpa came (he is 95), we had 5 generation of family together.  It is such a joy to share this time with family.  My daughter did wonderful job of opening her home for the holidays.  The evening was spent with my brother in law and wife, my husband and son.  A simple evening with good leftovers from their Christmas eve dinner, visiting and working on a puzzle

A list . . . .

. . . . .  of my non-commercial Christmas endeavors, I love to give things homemade.

Fudge (chocolate and peanut butter), gave away 2/3 of both batches
Pecan pie (for my Dad)
Pumpkin pie (to take for dinner)
Sticky cinnamon rolls (to take for Breakfast tomorrow - 2 batches)
Hat/scarf combo and mittens for the Grandgirls
Christmas Isicle ornament (for daughters tree)
Flower press (helped my son make this, my dad made the cuts)
Ruffled scarves for my 2 sister in laws
'Jewels' for the Grandgirls (5 yr old V asked for these)
Wove a paper grocery bag basket (for my Mom)