Decorating the Gingerbread house

My parents came up over the weekend to help us celebrate Jake's 16th Birthday!  I tried to keep both of them busy while they were here!  I had mom make skirts for the girls (they turned out super cute!  Pictures to come later), and Dad and I made candy.  We made 2 pans of peanut brittle and a pan of toffee.

Saturday night we decorated our Gingerbread house!  Here are some pictures of the decorating fun!

 You can see my peanut brittle in this picture!

 Grandma & Grandpa Cragun

 I let the boys take the pictures while I was putting royal icing on the gingerbread house. Apparently it's more fun to take close up pictures of your brothers face than to take pictures of  the gingerbread house.

 I cannot get this girl to not pull faces when I take her pictures, these pictures are gems!

 Josh and his friend Cole trying to burn peanuts.  Teenage boys sheesh!

The finished product.  

The girls had a ball decorating the house!  

Happy 16th Jake!

16 years ago today I became a Mommy for the first time!  Where does the time go?  I  can remember bringing Jake home from the hospital like it was yesterday.

Jake has turned into a fine young man, we are so proud of him and are glad that he is a part of our family!



Today was a big day for him, not only did he turn 16, but he was also ordained a Priest in our Church.


Here are a couple of pictures of his Birthday Cake.  One of his very favorite movies is The Nightmare before Christmas,  he asked me to make his cake Jack the Pumpkin King from the movie.  I think it turned out pretty good!

Thanksgiving Weekend Fun!

We spent our Thanksgiving in Island Park again this year with Roger and Kelly.  We love being able to go to the cabin and spending time with them!

Here are some pictures of our time up there!

 We went for a drive after Thanksgiving Dinner and  this is what we saw!  we also saw a mama moose and her baby, but couldn't get the camera out before they ran off.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so very grateful for Family and Friends.  Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Early Thanksgiving

We made a quick trip to Utah on Saturday to have an early Thanksgiving with the Burger Family.
 Thanks to Mandy for all of her hard work putting the dinner together.

It is always nice to spend time with family, and even though there may have been some disagreements, it doesn't mean that we don't love all of you and that we are trying to distance ourselves from you.  We enjoy spending time with all of you , and are glad that we are all a family.

Happy Birthday Jacey!

Ten years ago this sweet girl was born into our family!  Happy Birthday Jacey, we love you and are glad you are a part of our family!

Birthday dinner, homemade pizza 1/2 ham and pineapple, 1/2 pepperoni as requested!

Her Cake

Happy Halloween

 Jacey dressed up as Vanelope Von Schweetz from Wreck it Ralph

 Jena Dressed up as Snow White.

And I don't know what the deal was with the faces they were pulling in these pictures!

Jake had to work and Josh had to play in the pep band at the football game so neither one of them were around for the Halloween fun!

Carving Pumpkins

Fall Colors

This is what I see every time I look out my front window, I love fall!!!

Baptism Cakes

Made these Baptism Dress Cakes for two super cute little girls today. I hope they love them! I think they turned out cute!