And the Box of Chocolates will be share with...

Annie oh Annie, I hope you enjoy this box of Chocolate bliss!

Once again to all my good friends whose number Jarom did not roll, I apologize; I wish I could send all of you a box of chocolates. Spencer has suggested that you are welcome to come for a visit and eat all the chocolates your heart desires. We would love to see you all.

Merry Christmas

Random Thoughts

• Friday night at the ward Christmas Party Jarom asked Santa for a real shot gun... I don't even know what to say on that one.
• Do you ever feel like when you're forced into a situation the Lord provides you with skills to help you through it? I'll explain. I've blogged before about my inability to make bread. I've tried many times over the years and it is always a total and complete disaster; try as I might I could not produce an edible loaf of bread. With this new diet of Jarom's I started to make my own bread and honestly it's like a miracle has happened and I suddenly possess the ability to produce bread, it's a beautiful thing.
• There was more, but I can't think of them now. I fill them as I think of them.
• We call Nolan the Lurker... take a guess why.

Yummy, Yummy, Another Giveaway.

Well, here you have it, my dear blogging friends. Another box of chocolate. The dipping is going slower then I would like, but Patrice is coming home as I type this, so soon I will be able to conjure her into rolling the fondant while I dip the little balls of sugary bliss in pool of waiting milk chocolate and all our chocolates will be ready to send to you, my friend.

Now, let me just mention that dipping chocolates is harder then I thought and try as I may, I can not conqure the evil beast which cause all my chocolates to develop white swirls once they are cooled. The chocolates, however, are still tasty beyond your wildest dreams; if you don't mind your chocolate with white swirls this little box of decadence could be yours.

Just leave me a comment and on Wednesday 17th (in honor of my ultra cute nephew Luke's birthday) sometime after lunch one of my overly adorable kids will hold a fun little draw, then we will all gather around the computer in pure excitement to see who will soon be feasting on our lovingly made chocolates.

Good Luck one and all! All my draws so far have gone to my beloved Winnipeg, so if you're from the Peg your chance are good.

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Hockey Night at the Court House

It's Monday morning which of course means I have go through my house cleaning like a mad women. Week-ends are wonderful, but my house seems to get overlooked, therefore there is an abundance of untidiness for me to tackle come Monday. I'm almost done, the floors are swept, vacuumed and washed, all items are returned to their place. I've dusted, scrubbed, shoveled (that's right folks we got snow last night!) , uncluttered and lots of other fun, fun, fun house duties.

The only thing left is my bathroom - the most dreaded of all duties (well, that's not actually true, the boys bathroom is, but I'm going to save that little gem for Nolan, lucky kid).

In an effort to delay the inevitable, I thought I would share these pictures with you. They make me happy when I look at them. Playing street hockey seems like an activity every Canadian boy should be happy engaged in.

I love the rosie cheeks, the sound of the stick hitting the ball, the cheer when a goal is made or when the goalie has made a great save. I love the play by play I get from the boys when they come in the house.

Life is Good.

So good

Are you looking for a great gingerbread men recipe?

Check this one out

and the Ribbon Wand goes to...

I'm so excited for you Tricia!!! I know Alina and Janelle will have loads of fun twirling their little hearts out. What color of ribbon would you like, pink, yellow, green, black, brown or blue?

To all those whose number Jarom did not pick, I am extremely sorry, but check back next week as this week-end is another chocolate dipping week-end (our other batches are almost all gone) so I may be inspired to share another box with my dear, dear blogging friends.

It's beginning to look, smell, feel a lot like Christmas...

It FINALLY snowed today and the temperatures dropped below zero. Our lawn is no longer brown, it's white, the kids are no longer running around without coats; they are sporting winter coats, mitts, toques, and boots. I finally feel like Christmas is coming. Although I loved the warm temperatures, I was having a hard time getting into the swing of all things Christmasy. We have cold and we have snow and I am good to go.
















Most of my Christmas shopping is done and I'm feeling very good about myself and ready to move on to Christmas baking. I was perusing the Internet today looking for new and delicious recipes to add to my Christmas baking collection, which got me thinking - I bet all my friends have wonderful Christmas baking ideas. So here is my Questions to you my dear blog reading friends,

What is that one recipe you have to make every Christmas or it just wouldn't seem like Christmas?

I would love and very much appreciate it if you would share you recipes with me.

Here is my must have Christmas recipe:

Aunt Jane's Caramel Popcorn Twists
3 bags Old Dutch Popcorn Twists
1 lb butter - do not use margarine
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup dark corn syrup
2 tsps baking soda

Place popcorn twist into a roasting pan. In a very large saucepan (you'll find out why it needs to be big when you add the baking soda) mix together the butter, sugar and corn syrup. Once sugar is melted allowed to cook for about 2 minutes. Stand back and enjoy the show as you add the baking soda. Allow foam to cool slightly then remove from stove. Pour the caramel sauce over the twists and stir until coated.

Bake at 250 for about 45 minutes. Stir every 10 - 15 minutes. Remove from stove and cool on counter top. Once cooled break into pieces and try to resist.

I was introduce to this recipes the first Christmas Spencer and I were married. Aunt Jane always made it and I love it. It may seem like it makes a lot but believe you me, it goes faster then you'd like. I always end up making 2 or 3 batches every Christmas.