Baking gifts

Last night Jeff and I had a Christmas Party at the neighbors. We got to know our neighbors better, and introduced ourselves to a few others. It was most enjoyable. That left Sunday for baking our cookies that we share with others and have Christmas Eve.

Sunday was also the day that Jeff went out with Amy to collect her Christmas gift from her Aunt Mary and Uncle Greg...a microwave. So, while they were out getting that I went grocery shopping for the ingredients for cookies.

Upon my return Amy decided she would stay and help out. This allowed us to bake 6 batches of cookies and make the sleighs you see atop the cookie tins made out of raisins, candies, candy canes, and a Hershey bar all wrapped up. It was great fun, and helped us get done by 9:00 p.m. rather than midnight, with AMy's help. We listened to Christmas music, baked, talked, and laughed and MAYBE, just maybe, the Grinch left AMY a little bit:-)

This is Jeff's favorite time of the year and he is trying to rub off on Amy just a bit.