Advent 2009

I can't believe it's already Advent again. With our own pine trees in our backyard we just used those pine branches for our Advent wreath instead of going out and buying a garland of pine. With Advent has also come baking - a lot of baking. We've made a huge batch of pumpkin-chocolate-chip cookies, Molasses cookies, pumpkin bread, cupcakes for school, and spritz cookies. Of course each time something was made, it was gone in a few days. With a big family, cookies just don't last very long!



When my mom has to be at the academy all day Ben and Rose get to stay in the nursery. All the kids eating lunch: