Weekend Recap: Frosted Sugar Cookie Recipe and Christmas festivities have begun!

I've very aware that after last Tuesday's I love 80's Christmas music post, I fell off the face of the earth and was nowhere to be seen or heard.  Unless you were at Target, then...you saw me there.  Or Younkers.  Or Casey's.  Yes, I was running around buying more Christmas gifts, gift cards, and last minute gifts ...

Weekend Recap: All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth

Chalk one up for another busy weekend for the Patterson family.  Between basketball games, Christmas shopping, Christmas programs, and putting up Christmas lights...whew!  We were busy little elves. On Friday, I volunteered in Nate's classroom and let me tell you...those little fourth graders are just delightful!  We worked on division and it just warms my heart ...

A Christmas Tour of Lights

It's no secret...Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday!  With all of the joy and good tidings and...Christmas lights.  Yes.  I love decorating for Christmas and seeing all of the warm and cozy lights. Last night, I told Hubby "I just LOVE Christmas lights!"  This may be why we have something Christmasy and all aglow in about ...

Only 50 days until Christmas…

I realize we've just celebrated Halloween.  It's evident with the amount of candy we have around our house.  Not to mention that yesterday, I found two big bags of candy that I forgot I hid....in hopes of it lasting until Halloween so we could fill up the trick-or-treaters' buckets.  I hid it too well.  Because ...

Weekend Recap: Fall fun, football, and Chocolate chip bars. Oh, and Christmas!

Yesterday, three of the four of us were down for the count.  Hubby was home sick, I was home sick, and Maxim...well.  That's a whole other story.  (After finding out Daddy was coming home from work and me admitting that I was sure to be out of commission for the day with the sinus and ...