It's begining to look a lot like Christmas.....

 



Emma really enjoyed decorating the Christmas tree.

 

SHREK the Halls

The beginning of December we decided to get away and go visit Aunt Lauren in Dallas. While we were there we took Emma to The Gaylord Texan in Grapevine to see Shreck the Halls - ICE! It was AMAZING! A group of men from china come over and hand carve the entire exhibit. It is kept at 3 degrees .......BRRRRR!

Isn't Emma cute in her Parka!

Steven, Aunt Lauren and Kate



The nativity seen was pretty in all clear ice.



Little Chef

Emma likes to help cook dinner. She is really just making a HUGE mess. She's having FUN, so it okay!

Operation Christmas Child

It's never to early to learn about helping and sharing with those that are less fortunate. This year we got involved with Operation Christmas Child through our church. Operation Christmas child is a mission to help needy children around the world through the local church . Sharing the word of Jesus Christ. Emma and I went shopping for a little girl between the ages of 2-4. I let Emma pick out the items she wanted our new friend to have. We ended up with all of Emma's FAVORITE things and then I added a few thing I thought were necessary. Here are some of the things we pick out. Stickers, books, crayons and coloring books, teddy bear, jewelry, soap, toothbrush and tooth paste etc.



Emma and all of the things we picked out.





Packing all of the items in our box.



All done.

Trick or Treat

Halloween was pretty low key for us this year. Joel had a virus and was at home in bed so it was just Emma and I. We made a few very important stops and then called it a night.

The MULE!

Emma has found a new LoVe!! The MULE!! Needless to say I was kicked out of the driver seat. I'll let the pictures do the talking.



Let's get this thing cranked up!




Out of CONTROL!



A little ArTiSt!!

I thought it would be FUN to let Emma decorate a pumpkin for Halloween. What was I thinking!?!? I don't like messes. I covered the kitchen floor and table with trash bags. OCD Mama made it through and Emma LOVED it!!



This is the side that I HELPED create.......




and this is the side my little ARTIST created!



White Trash

This is one of my FAVORITE sweet treats! It's EASY, FAST and  DELICIOUS! I made some to share with the teachers at Emma's school and a graduation party Friday night.

WHITE TRASH

8 oz Chex cereal
2 cups pretzels
2 c mixed nuts (optional)
1 pkg white almond bark

Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Melt almond bark and drizzle over cereal mixture. Mix and lay out on wax peper to dry. Enjoy!!

Scarecrow Trails

Today we visited the Scarecrow Trails at the Arboretum in Jacksonville. This is a fundraiser put on by the area Master Gardeners to benefit H.O.P.E. A few of our friends walked the trail with us! Here are just a few of our favorite scarecrows. 



This was my FAVORITE scarecrow!

SWEET FRIENDS

Day at the park

MOMS HaLLoWeEn  Party at the Park! FUN FUN!!