This year we made our gingerbread mini village using some rectangle cookie cutters. They were not perfect but were lots of fun to make. I just kept pushing my perfectionist side down and saying, it’s not for a contest, it’s for the experience and fun…. and it was. we used a recipe for “building gingerbread” [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Holiday'
Gingerbread Houses
December 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Family, Food, Holidays
Tags:baking·Christmas·cookies·Gingerbread·Gingerbread Houses·Holiday·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie
December Picture a Day p3
December 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Family, Holidays, Photography, scrapbook
Here are more of our picture a day photos: Day 8, two Me: day 2 of advent calendar Jalen: Kung Fu Panda 2 Jordan: 2 earth skylanders Troy: Jalen’s 2 eyes Day 9, Twelve Me: safety inspection sticker Jalen: day 12 on the advent calendar Jordan:12 skylanders Troy: 12 cups in a display case Day [...]
Salt Dough Ornaments
December 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · craft, Family, Holidays
I saw a blog post on my friend Allison’s for the boys blog talking about making salt dough ornaments with her boys and I thought that looks like fun! It certainly looked easier than icing sugar or gingerbread cookies with the boys so we did it. We mixed up a batch of salt dough, rolled [...]
Tags:Allison Waken·Christmas·Holiday·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·Kid Craft·Ornaments·paint·Salt Dough
December doings
December 31st, 2010 · No Comments · blog, Family, Holidays, scrapbook
we forced some paper white narcissus for the first time since we’ve been back home in the islands. we baked a lot of gingerbread and sugar cookies. we made gingerbread houses. made some cake pops made goodie bags for my mail carrier and garbage man. got a thank you from the garbage man when i [...]
Tags:Christmas·Family·Holiday·House·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·MarnaLicious·Troy
Honolulu City Lights
December 13th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Family, Hawaii, Holidays, Photography
Last night we headed down to the Honolulu City Hall area to take in the Christmas lights. The first stop was at the Iolani Palace next door. (I can’t believe I forgot my tripod!) It is so beautiful every day, but especially so at Christmas time when the Palace and grounds are strung up with [...]
Tags:Christmas·Hawaii·Holiday·honolulu·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·Photography·Troy
Hello November
November 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · cardmaking, Family, Holidays, house
I can’t believe it’s November. NOVEMBER! It was just september wasn’t it? We had a great Halloween, all of us in our wizard wear, and we got a lot of cute, oh look, it’s the Harry Potter Family comments. Dressing up is so much fun! I had a thought that we should institute a all [...]
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