Weekly Wrap Up - Christmas Prep Week

We did get to go see Lindsey at the lantern tours last weekend, and as promised I got a photo of her for you.  Kids on the tours keep calling her "the pilgrim lady", which she doesn't much care for, but it is accurate to her appearance.  The bulky wool layers make her look so much different in shape, I had to look closely at first to make sure it was her.

This has been our week to make our Christmas treats to share with family and friends.  We've made fudge, peanut butter balls, sugar cookies, peanut butter blossom cookies, ginger snaps, cherry chip cookies with chocolate frosting, chocolate cake mix cookies, white chocolate macadamia cookies and sea salt caramel cookies.  We also decided to make Christmas popcorn for the first time (popcorn drizzled in almond bark and sprinkled with crushed candy canes and red/green M&M minis).   Here are photos of various parts of our food making week.

Lindsey has kept up with her academics during the week.  Olivia was off work Monday - Friday, but worked last weekend at both farms and will do so this weekend as well.

Wednesday we had a snow and ice storm move in.  We ended up with a little over a quarter of an inch of ice, and little snow.  I was glad we avoided the 24 inches that had been in our forecast.

Thursday took an unexpected turn when my father passed away.  The rest of the week has been a blur of questions and answers and decisions for arrangements.  Due to current restrictions in our state, the service will be held at a later date.

I hope you all have a great weekend as we head into the last few preparation days before Christmas.  I hope it's a stress free weekend for you all.