So super yummy!!!!

Have you guys tried these wonderfully scrumptious cookies?!?!?!?!  Wow, are they good!!!  Don't expect me to share though.  Jake had the nerve to find my hiding spot and helped himself to a few....WHAT!!!!!  How dare he.  What was he doing looking there anyway??  Then he managed to make it worse by uttering these blasphemous (do you like that, Beth??)words, "Shea, I'll give you two cookies if you eat your asparagus. "  Wouldn't the cookies cancel out the health benefits of the asparagus?  How could he take my precious cookies away from me?  What have I done to him??

So, with my hiding spot sacrificed and some of my precious cookies gone, what am I to do?  Right....get over it and get to finishing some of my Christmas presents I'm making........right after I find a new hiding spot!!

Now I just need a peppermint mocha coffee, and I'll be in peppermint heaven.  It's a real place, ya know!!!

I'm Baaack!!!

Where to begin!!!!!
It looks like I wasn't up to the challenge.  I never made it past day12 of the 30day challenge.  I'm such a slacker!!  Well, I'm not really a slacker, just with my blog.  I have been busier than ever with work.  They have forced me to switch over to TV.  I dragged my heels as long as I could, but they won.  I'm so thankful that I don't know anyone in North Carolina, Orlando or Oregon that will be watching my captions.  It's not pretty sometimes, but I'm getting better every show I caption.

I just finished up the kids' advent calendar......yes, on the 8th day of the month.  What can I say, I've been busy.  I still need to Mod Podge the clothespins, but I really like the way it turned out....so does Shea, just as long as there's chocolate in it.

I'm thinking of making another one, but knitting little stockings instead.  The kids can't really be expected to share advent calendars, now can they?!?!?!?!?!?

Here's my new favorite coffee mug I fancied up for Christmas with vinyl.  I'm loving the vinyl.  I have several other ideas in mind.....now if I could only find the time.  Where, exactly, does the time go??????

Jake just came back after two weeks in Arizona elk hunting.  We're headed down to Tucson next week for a couple weeks for Christmas...YAY!!!!!  I can't wait!!!!

Here's a picture of my cuties from Halloween.  They had so much fun.  The weather was great for being out.  Van Meter Parks and Rec has a get together at one of our parks before Trick-or-Treating with hot dogs, hot chocolate and treats.  It was fun.  A big group of us ended up Trick-or-Treating together.  Shea and her friends ran crazy throughout the neighborhoods.  We would just see a flash of their glow sticks every once in a while.

I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving.  Christmas is right around the corner....is everyone ready?!?!?!?