A Christmas Card for You!

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Sandy here, or Ryker's mom as you all know me.
Christmas is almost here!  Consider this your Christmas Card via Blogland.  I also sent out my real world ones today...I had a couple of helpers by my side as I enjoyed my morning coffee and wrote my cards.

our fireplace mantel

our 3 foot tree

WE WISH YOU ALL THE HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS!

          

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OMG, Two feet of snow and minus 10 degrees!

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                   Ha, Gotcha!  But it is going to be at least -10 tonight...too bloody cold to snow!

( I got this one from the LaughingMonkeyStick http://laughingmonkeystick.blogspot.com  Thanks Shawn! )

                                                  OK, enough Christmas funny business!

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Baby Book

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This is my Baby Book from birth to six months of age. It ends with me missing something...Right Charlie?

                                                             Thank you Mom and Shutterfly!

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Wordless Wednesday

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Monster in our house!

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We have a Monster that lives in our house...I hear it stirring under the floor.  Then it makes a rumbling sound and after that it blows its hot breath up out of the floor at me and scares me!  Mom says that sounds like a dragon!

   Yep, that is where it lives. Down under that grate in the bathroom. Beware!  You can bet I am!


(I have to add that Ryker has been afraid of that heat vent for over a year and a half now. None of the other ones seem to catch his attention.  Maybe there is something down there?)





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Gingerbread Village Revisisted - The Finished Product

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Remember when I went to see Head Pastry Chef Joe Hickel and licked looked at his Gingerbread Village?  I thought I'd show you what it tastes looks like now.
You can see it live on their website at http://captaincookchristmas.com if you want.  You can even email him at chefjoe@captaincookchristmas.com.

This is the waterwheel house.  Doesn't it look cool?  I even licked cleaned up a little from the edge for him.  Yummy.

Mom says that's the Barker's family fixing up wagon wheels.  I listened but I didn't hear anybody bark.

                                                 Boy, Mr. Specking sure is busy.

                          Oh no, the cops are telling Santa he can't park here.  Grrrrr....  

                                        Looks like Mr. Scrooge is having a party.

                        Lots of little houses all over.  All the little people got to have a place to live!

                                       There's even a mountainside in the back.

       There's little people ice skating here.  The ice tastes like hard candy.  Trust me.  I know.  It's yummy.

This is the Karl Eid and Wally Hickel house.  Karl Eid was Chef Joe's mentor and Wally Hickel was Chef Joe's daddy.  Chef Joe says they're both in heaven now.  I think they live in the house.  I would.

This is Head Pastry Chef Joe Hickel.  He was happy when he got the Gingerbread Village done.  He works for three months getting everything ready and then starts building it in November.  Then it takes him about ten days or more to put it all together.  The whole lobby smells like gingerbread, chocolate and icing.  It's a yummy place to be.  Thanks for visiting and Merry Christmas!











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Frozen digits at 11pm

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Yup, I think mom was trying to freeze off her fingers and toes.  It was 11pm and she was outside with no shoes or gloves and her camera is blazing away.  She wouldn't let me come out and join in the fun.  Do I look happy?

                        Well, here are the results of her near frostbitten foray at 6 degrees.

                          ( Looks like the rose bush is getting a pruning...it needed it anyhow.)

                             ( A young moose, probably one of last years babies. Curious but shy.)

 

                                                  (Really cute, check out those ears!)

        ( And of course it is blissfully munching away on my Clematis. Could of bet money on that one)

( I really love that we have moose wander in and out of our yard on a regular basis.  Puts me in touch with nature and the bigger picture.  It's not all about us, we share this world with so many amazing creatures! )

( OK, I can no longer feel my fingers or toes.  Time to get back in the warm house and comfort my dog.
He really wanted to be out here to protect me, but it probably would have worked out the other way.)            

                              I hope you all enjoy the pictures of the little Christmas Moose.


                   MERRY CHRISTMOOSE   TO ALL,
                 AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!





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