362 of 365 - New Years Party!

Every year we celebrate 

New Year's with my family.

It has become quite the tradition!

It is also my parents anniversary!

Happy 30th Anniversary Mom & Dad!

We eat too much, 

probably drink too much

and call everyone we know at midnight

to sing "Auld Lang Syne"

in a brutally drunken manner.

Such a fun night!

Happy New Year!

361 of 365 - Merry Christmas (again)!

Today we celebrated Christmas with 

my family.

There are always so many

people and it is always

so much fun!

Merry Christmas from the

Maynes/Turner/Ober family!

360 of 365 - Grama's House

Part 2 of our Christmas holiday.

We got to Regina today,

the boys went ice fishing and then

we enjoyed some family time

aka Jay's New Year Party!

He is working on New Year's Eve

so he had to celebrate tonight.

(Cierra got that adorable hat

from my sister and her bf.

They brought it back form the

Domiican for her.

She had to wear it in the picture!)

359 of 365 - Frozen In Saskatchewan

No wonder everyone else in the

world thinks that we are

eskimos

here in Canada!

However how can you complain

when it's so beautiful

to look at?

It was a very cold (-31C) but gorgeous day

here in Saskatoon!

358 of 365 - Disassembled

Our company left this morning

and we worked hard to get all of our

decorations cleaned up

and the laundry done as we will be heading out

to celebrate Christmas/New Year's with

my family.

Thanks to the other 3 family members,

 this job only took a couple

of hours!

I had time to sit and put my feet up

after we were done!

357 of 365 - It Lasted Longer Than I Expected!

Zach and Ashley each got 

a ginormous Reese Peanut Butter Cup 

in their stocking.

Ashley's lasted longer than I expected it to!

356 of 365 - Merry Christmas!

Sending warm Christmas wishes

from our family to yours!

355 of 365 - And The Stockings Were Hung......

On the couch with care,

In the hopes that

St. Nicholas  soon would be there!

(I do know that it is supposed to be by the chimney

but we don't have a fireplace!)

354 of 365 - Homemade Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake!

All ready for Christmas dinner!

353 of 365 - Waiting On Grandma & Papa

I had leftover gingerbread dough

so I decided to find a 

template and make each of

my children a 

gingerbread house.

They had a blast!

Ashley's house looked like a

wild party had taken place and

the gummie bears were going to be

evicted!

Great job on your houses!

352 of 365 - Gingerbread Men!!!

All of the kids were so excited to decorate their 

gingerbread men today!

 

They had sooo much fun!

351 of 365 - Tradition

Each year the kids look forward to

decorating, 

and then eating,

gingerbread men.

I got them made today,

all ready for tomorrow!

I can't wait to see their

creations!

350 of 365 - Candy Canes

One of the things I love about the 

Christmas season.....

349 of 365 - It's About Time!!!

I couldn't believe it when

I looked outside at lunchtime today!

Now it won't feel like we are

driving over moguls!

Thank you Saskatoon!

348 of 365 - Santa Hands and Mistle-toes!

Have I mentioned how much I

LOVE Pinterest?

I have had the kids making some pretty

awesome crafts for Christmas

this year.

These ones turned out so good!

I have one more special craft, 

that the kids and I have been

working very hard on,

that I can't display until after Christmas.

The children will be taking them home,

all wrapped up,

to put under their trees for their

mommies and daddies.

I am so excited!

If you haven't been on PINTEREST,

you really should give it a try!

Be careful though,

it can use up time very quickly! 

347 of 365 - Snow Art

This is what we found

in the snowbank

when we got home from our

Christmas Party tonight....

Nice work Ashley!

346 of 365 - Look Who We Saw Today!!!

Steve and I had the opportunity

to get our Christmas shopping

finished today.

While we were running around

we had to stop to enjoy this..........

COMET!!!

One of Santa's reindeer

was having lunch at the mall!

They really are 

a beautiful animal!

345 of 365 - Ponytail!!!

I put a ponytail in

Adrianna's hair tonight!

She didn't mind it and

even left it alone.

344 of 365 - Finished Ornaments!

Don't they look great? 

They smell even better!

For the recipe,

go here.

I can't believe that I haven't ever 

made these before!

343 of 365 - Deserted

Not much action at

the park these days!

I think it would be fun to put on a pair of

snowpants and go run through

the whole park!

342 of 365 - 2013 SCA Provincial Competitors

I went to the boys practice tonight.

They needed a photo to hang up at the 

CN Curling Club.

They are a very excited bunch of boys!

Provincial playdowns are being held in Weyburn,

Jan 3-7, 2013.

341 of 365 - Cinnamon Ornaments!!

If you haven't ever made these,

you should!

They are super easy and

smell AMAZING!!!

If you store them in an airtight container,

they should keep smelling wonderful for a few years!

After we baked them we painted them with

glitter glue.

The kids are excited to take them home 

to hang on their trees.

Here's the recipe...

1 cup each cinnamon & applesauce

2 Tbsp each cloves, nutmeg & white glue

Mix all ingredients until they form dough. Knead until

you can form a dough ball.

Sprinkle cinnamon onto your surface to roll out the dough.

Use cookie cutters for your shapes. The holes are made with a straw.

Put dough on a cookie sheet and bake at 200 degrees,

flipping over after an hour. These need to bake until they are hard.

Have fun!!!

340 of 365 - Rum & Egg Nog

We finally bought some.

Tonight was a great night for a beverage.

Hopefully the combination of the 

atmosphere and rum & egg nog

will help to get me in the Christmas Spirit!

339 of 365 - Last Kids Christmas Party

It was a sad day today.

Ashley attended her very last

Kids Christmas Party.

We will miss going to them.

It was always a good excuse for us

to do something as a family.

We looked forward to going through the

Western Development Museum each year.

Maybe it will be something that we do

each year as a tradition.

That would be nice.

338 of 365 - Homemade CinnaMMMMon Buns

Sounded like a great idea

for snack today!

337 of 365 - Playing With Lights

Julie, an amazing photographer & fellow blogger,

has been taking some pretty awesome

photos with Christmas lights and

 I thought I would

like to give it a try.

Thank you,

once again for the inspiration Julie!

336 of 365 - Rain?? Yep, Rain!

I am not really sure why,

but it rained.

And then snowed some more.

335 of 365 - Ornaments

This one is

one of my favourites!

334 of 365 - Snow, Snow and More Snow

We will definitely have a 

white Christmas!

It has been snowing since Saturday

and it is supposed to keep

snowing for the rest of the day today too.

I may have to leave some of the shovelling

for Steve and Zach!

There is A LOT of snow out there!

333 of 365 - Mmmmmaple Syrup!

One of the suppliers,

at Steve's work,

gave him this can of

Maple Syrup.

It was delicious

on our waffles this morning!

332 of 365 - 'Tis The Season

We got all of our decorating done 

yesterday.

Now it's starting to feel a

little more like

Christmas.

331 of 365 - Helpful Kitten

Shadow was helping us

with our decorations!

Apparently he finds the

braches rather comfy!

330 of 365 - Sniffle Season

Poor Zach!

He has finally caught a nasty cold

and needed his very own box

of kleenex.

Mix that with the Vick's and

he was happy.

I hope you feel better soon son!

329 of 365 - Sparkle Dough

I made some 

Sparkly Christmas Playdoh

for the girls to play with.

They love it!

Next I am going to

make gingerbread playdoh!

Hopefully they don't eat it!

328 of 365 - Perfect Winter Day

The frost on the trees

behind our house

looked so pretty this morning.

The sky was so blue

and the sun was making the frost sparkle.

It was a perfect

winter day!

327 of 365 - Happy 1st Birthday!

Jack turned 1 yesterday.

We had cupcakes to help him 

celebrate his first birthday!

He clearly LOVED

his cupcake!

326 of 365 - Homeward Bound

What a great weekend!

Congratulations Zach,

we are so proud of you and your team!

325 of 365 - Junior Boys Northern Playdowns

What a day!

Zachary's curling team was

curling for a place in Provincials.

Birch Hills has a very nice curling club

with some pretty awesome food

and very welcoming people.

The boys were ready.

They won their first game.

The second game was going to be tough.

They played very well...

And they WON!!!!

Congratulations on your

"A" side final win,

Team Turner!

Good Luck at

Provincials!