Valentine's Day Week

Skiing at Red Lodge, MT on Valentine's Day.

Logan eating a Valentine Cookie. Looks like he is ready to go skiing too!

It's getting tough to take pictures of him since he runs for the camera now!

More Christmas

The pictures opening presents were taken at Justin's Grandparents in Casselton. His favorite thing to do was to just stand on the packages. And the other picture is of his new pajamas from Aunt Janelle- they are so cute! And that Christmas tree was definitely a battle on some days but I am glad I put it up in theend.

Merry Christmas!

Here are some pictures from Christmas time. Logan was helping me pick out a quilt from Grama Kim. And there he is opening a present from Great Grama Nancy- he loves that soft little dog! Thanks Grama! And you can see me (legs) - HA! The cute little girl is Rilee- Carolee's Great Grandaughter. She bosses Logan around- it's quite entertaining!

Logan's First Birtday

I know these are old- but they will have to do for now! It took awhile for Logan to really get into his cake, but as you can see he eventually got the job done. I stripped him down to a onesie in anticipation of a huge mess- but it wasn't even too bad. Think he'll remember that we didn't hire a clown or bring in the petting zoo??....

The last of my Christmas progress...

Logan will sit still when he has a spoon dipped in almond bark- positive. Logan will run around like a wind up toy when you give him some thing sweet- negative. Actually he was just fine and wasn't even completely excited about the spoon after a few licks. He was the most interested just watching the mixer spin around.

These were so cute once they were all said and done- they are to stir your hot chocolate or to just decorate a place setting. I will probably make them again when Logan and Lane are older and drink their cocoa around Christmas time. Too cute! ( The antlers were a pain- make sure you have time to make these.) Now all I have to do is get all my shopping done- wrap-write out cards- possibly mail them- ahhh who am I kidding-anyone who reads this blog can probably expect to see something in the mail the first part of January! Sound ok???....... I will try and get more up here soon- I have my tree done and some other little dittys around the house too! So far Logan has been really good around the tree, hasn't taken anything down yet!

Christmas Baking!

This is my triple chocolate biscotti. I turned out alright, but is definitely a coffee soaker. The cinnamon hazelnut biscotti is excellent though. It was something I've never made before and will probably make again someday. Thought it was a little different from the regular christmas cookies.

Dipped spoons are EASY! I will make these again- everyone thought I went way out of my way to prepare these- so of course I just let them think that! The toffee bits are extra yummy!

These sugar cookies are Justin's Great Grandma Aanrud's- they are very good and the recipe makes a bunch- Logan LOVES them! I was a bad Mom and gave him one for breakfast the next day- he had some yogurt too of course!

My cinnamom hazelnut biscotti mountain.

And we are not done yet!

This was so fun- I spent just a little bit of time each night arranging decorations after I put Logan to bed. I don't want to take it down though- this took a long time! I love the glass ornaments- they are my favorites! All of my Spode dishes are in full use too- they are so fun and I enjoy them so much!