eat it

We had a great weekend!  My mom and dad came down after work on Wednesday and were here by B's bedtime.  Thursday we got up and got cooking!  We had a great spread- turkey, mashed potatoes, the most delicious gravy, rolls, jello salad, the works.  

Friday morning, we went up to get a Christmas tree from the mountains.  B was decked out in his snow pants and snowboots and had fun walking in the snow.  He called it "sticky messy".  Hadn't thought of describing snow as sticky....

That afternoon, my sister and her family came over.  Ryan and Brecken had a fantastic time playing together.  They played HARD and very well together!  Josh and I got to go out on a date that night and celebrate my birthday since we had a lot of babysitters.  I had a delicious dinner of steak and crab legs and Josh had a plain ol' hamburger. :) 

Today we spent the morning baking Christmas cookies.  It was Ryan and Brecken's first time doing so and they thought it was great fun to pound out the dough and roll it out, then cut it out and decorate them with sprinkles and colored sugar.  Some of our cookies are covered in lots of sugar!  After a while, Brecken figured out the dough tasted pretty good and spent the rest of the time saying, "eat it."  As you can see, he gave up making cookies and just ate the dough.

Tonight, Jeff and Beth stopped by on their way home from their travels, for a quick stretch and some free dinner.  It was good to see them again.

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!