{ Our First Christmas }

I got him an Xbox game....

He got me the book I wanted and some filters for my lenses. He said there is more coming :-D

{XMas Eve Day}

Chris got done early today from work and was able to get to my mom's just in time for our lunch ...


It was another snowy day....


The pooch was tired from all the Xmas excitement around Mom's house lately!

Day Off Projects

We Made Rosette Cookies

(click on image to make it full-size)


2 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Powdered Sugar

Combine eggs, sugar, and salt; beat well. Add remaining ingredients; beat until smooth. Heat rosette iron in deep, hot oil (350 to 375 F) for two minutes. Drain excess oil from iron; dip in batter to 1/4 inch from top of iron, then immediately into hot oil. Fry rosette until golden, 10 to 30 seconds. Lift out; tip upside down to drain. With fork, push rosette off iron onto rack placed over paper towels. Reheat iron 1 minute; make next rosette. If you have two rosette irons, reheat one while using the other. Stir batter from time to time as you will get some oil in it. Sprinkle rosettes with confectioner's sugar.



Side note .... I've been completely into spinach salads lately...doesn't this look YUM?

Holy Snow

All it has been doing here is SNOWING!
This was from this week...a crazy amount of snow!
Look how buried my car was!
And it just kept on snowing all week long.
Got around 6 inches again last night and "they" (who ever "they" is/are) are calling for even MORE snow in the next few days!
Grab your shovel!

{ Merry X-Mas To Me }

Upgraded my 50mm 1.8 up to the 50mm 1.4 ...whoo hoo....
Now, question is, why didn't I do this LONG ago?
Was going back and forth between the 1.4 and 1.2 ....
I'll probably end up upgrading to the 1.2 by summertime, lol.
This'll do for now :-)
It's $1,000 less so it works for now! ;-)

{ Oh, Pomegranates! }

I love this time of year....Pomegranates are readily available and CHEAP! I looooove them, therefore, I looooove this time of year!

Pomegranate Ice Cream??? I wish I could find this!

{My Last Day}

Today is my last day of "pre" student teaching. I've been teaching 6th graders for one quarter full-time, 8 am-4 pm in an elementary school. I have loved EVERY day of it! I could teach here forever.

It's also my last day living in Stevens Point. I've lived here since September 2004 - living in a toal of: 3 dorm rooms and 2 apartments. I'm definately ready to move back home!

So, college is pretty much over! I officially graduate in May 09 (can I get a WOO HOO?), but I have been done with coursework and college classrooms since the end of October.

In the spring, I will be doing my "real" student teaching (although this last experience was as real as it could get!). I will be in one classroom for the full semester, in a grade somewhere between first-third. My exact assignment has not yet been given.

I'm excited for what my future has in store! I am definately seeing the "light" in my tunnel!

Just Cute

Ribbon Wreaths...how cute would these be for a baby's room?
I have SO much ribbon collected up...and never use it on my scrapbook pages...but here's an idea...for the future.

{My.Favorite.Kind.of.Feet}

{heart}

On FRIDAY, I get to move in with this boy for the rest of my life :-)

And *that*, my friends, is pretty darn awesome!

{BabyJoelee}

What a little beauty...
6 days old....

Baking.With.My.Favorite.Eighteen.Month.Old

Baking chocolate chip cookies, that is!
This has got to be one of my favorite photo series EVER.
We had SO much fun!


Those don't go in until the end...but apparently she has learned at a young age that they are the best part ;-)


She had a thing with the eggs...loved them, but who knows why. LOL.


Helping to pour in the sugars....


Of course flour is more fun to play with than bake with....


Can't wait......


YUUUUUMMMMM!!!
It was the morning after our very first sleepover. :-) Momma and Daddy were at the hospital with new baby Joelee. So Miss Jaelynn got to sleep over at my apartment, and of course, I spoiled her to death. :-)

{ChrismasCARDpicture}

Our picture I'm tucking into our Christmas cards.
It's from last weekend when we went ice skaing and then had our favorite Chinese food dinner! Good times! It's nice to be happy!

{tisTHEseason}

Christmas is my favorite holiday.

It comsumed me this year before Thanksgiving!

And for lack of better blogging material, here are some random snaps from the last week:

Starbucks has brought back it's pretty red Christmas cups...now, where are the pretty clutches? Not pictured, but they are still sporting the plain tan bands! I love the blue and green ones they usually have for Christmas! Any sightings out there yet? LOL.

My tree, which is in need of a treeskirt + presents!

Here is our mantle, all completed. Sorry for the crappy image! It's so CUTE in real life! The mirror looks fab-u-lous! I do need taller candles, working on that! ;-)

Hello!

Some funky decor on the desk....I LOVE LOVE that frame in-person! It's sooo sparkly and cool...on here..doesnt look so cute...but it is!

The view from our patio doors....that's a little pond thingy...looks pretty with the snow, dont you think?

My weekend baking project...ummm....these were YUM!

And then just a few shots of Mokie...I know what you're thinking...."Ew gross! A bird!?" That's what I thought too....but it grew on me...and do I dare admit it....?.....I kinda like him after all! (I still can't get over the feet though....ew!)

Hopefully I will have some baby pics to share when I go home this weekend to see the new baby doll! :-) I'm so excited!!!