Peanut brittle

Libby and I made peanut brittle for Brian for Christmas. 

Storytime

The Three Little Pigs

Fresh

Christmas Eve table

Duet

Grandkids

Merry Christmas

Simmering soup

I prepared a huge pan of bean soup for carolers last Friday evening. 

Working away from the office

Dinnertime

Storytime

Packing baskets

Curtains

Making sauerkraut

Grin

Purple

Garland

Puzzle

Staff gifts

Spices

Ruthie

This reminds me of Ruthie in The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree. 

Nativity

Caramel corn

Christmas is coming

Ice

Piñata

Juxtapose

Wreath

One of the wreaths that we made over Thanksgiving weekend

Turkey...er...chicken

 We had chicken (and venison and ham) for Thanksgiving this year.

Red

Lone leaf

Making cards

Frosted leaves

Aprons

Preparations

Grocery order

Oh how I love ordering groceries online and not having to set food in the store. 

Sipping tea

Purple

Layers

Blooms

Dinner time

Waiting

Dinner

Reading

Smile

Green

Centerpiece

This is one of the table centerpieces for the language assessment conference that I coordinated last Friday and Saturday. 

Winter

Winter has come early this year.