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From our family to yours....   "For to us a child is born,      to us a son is given,      and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called      Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,      Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 Merry Christmas from our family to yours....hope you had a wonderful day filled with family, friends, good food....and most importantly, celebrating the birth of Christ!

Happy Wednesday! It's time for our What's Up Wednesday Link Up! Link up with  me, Sheaffer & Shay the LAST Wednesday of each month so we can read about What's Up with YOU! Here we go! What We’re Eating this week.....  Monday: Chicken Tortilla Casserole Tuesday: Taco Tuesday Wednesday: Tomato Soup & Caesar Salad Thursday: Pizza Night (since this is like a Friday and we don't have school Friday!) Friday: Dinner at our friends 40th Surprise Party Treats I am making this week: Over the weekend we made Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies { HERE } My friend has her annual Cookie Exchange tomorrow night. This year I am making my Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars : Last year I made my Peanut Butter Ritzies : The year before I made my Candy Cane Kisses: What I'm Reminiscing about..... Santa visits. This year, we went to visit our regular Santa where we have gone since Kate was born in 2007 and when we went last weekend, it was a different Santa...apparently our Santa might ...

Last weekend I threw a Baby Shower "Sprinkle" for my younger sister. She is pregnant with her 3rd baby and due in January, so we had a small, low key party to celebrate her Baby Boy that is arriving next month. Because the shower was in December, I wanted to make sure the theme went with my Christmas decorations but I didn't want it too Christmas-y of a shower. I seriously thought about throwing a Lumberjack shower since I had literally just done that theme for Luke's 6th birthday , but I decided against because I wanted a theme that incorporated blue.  I decided on the them Adventure Awaits, for several reasons. First, because my sister is having her 3rd baby and that for sure is an adventure being outnumbered. Secondly, this theme is outdoorsy with mountains/pine trees/arrows, etc so it goes well with all the Christmas decorations that are already up in my house. Thirdly, the name they are using means "Great" and I thought it was fun to add into the theme ...