Santa is coming!

Hey!  Santa is coming!!!!!  I am trying to get ready for good ol' St. Nick!!!  I bake quite a bit during the holiday season so I am usually quite good at it.  This year, I have screwed up even my most reliable recipes!!!  I keep trying tho'.  I usually do cookies, fudge, caramel corn, fruitcake, etc.  My first batch of fudge came out too soft, my fruitcake had more fruit than cake so it falls apart when you cut it (has a great taste!) and my molasses cookies taste good but they are oh, so ugly!  I am afraid to even try caramel corn!

We went to the mall to see Santa for pictures.....  I will post pictures sometime today.  The kids look so angelic.  Looks can be ever so deceiving but the pictures are nice.  Like school pictures, it is nice to see the changes from one year to another.  Even tho' Dylan is 9, he still believes in Santa, the Easter Bunny and Edwina the Birthday Fairy. Alexis is beginning to question these things.  Boy! I am in trouble when Dylan figures it out!  For now, I still arrange for a call from Santa every year and we leave cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. We also talk about the "naughty list" quite a bit too......  If you want to know who in the family is on the "naughty list", call me.......  Its too much to es'plain here.....

Tonight, we are going to brave the cold and go on a cruise on Lake Coeurd'Alene. The boat cruises to the other side of the lake to see the World's Largest Christmas Tree and Santa sets up shoppe in a boathouse along with Mrs. Claus and one or two elves.  It is fun and has become a family tradition.  Anything you do more than two years in a row becomes a tradition, right?

The snow was washed away by the rain but there is still plenty of time for more snow and a White Christmas.  We didn't experience any of the flooding that Western Washington had.  We just had alot of rain.....  We will be clear and cold for the next few days.....  The break in the weather gives Phil a chance to finish the Xmas lights and for me to put up my inflatables and my huge lighted wreath.

I will post recent pictures of everything and everyone over the next few days!

Until then......