The Land of Oz

Our Christmas 2006

We had such a wonderful Christmas! DaddyOz's parents and brother were able to fly down and spend a number of days with us. It was so exciting to be all together after the many things that happened this year. A true testimony of the Lord's blessings on this family. DaddyOz's vacation started on Christmas day and we began a much needed 2 weeks off. We spent the first week at home with the Oz side of the family, celebrated's O's FOURTH BIRTHDAY!!!, and visited with Great Grands, Uncle C and Aunt B. The second week we spent down in SC with MommyOz's side of the family. It was a wonderful vacation and time of resting up for the new year (and all that it will bring :) ).

Before worship on Christmas Eve morning (above).

O and D with their stockings on Christmas morning.

I don't think D has had these off since she unwrapped them (and I'm writing this in Feb 2007!)

I can't figure out if this was for O or DaddyOz ?!?! :) O def. has some of his daddy's talent!!!

Christmas 2006!

Labels: D, family fun, holiday, O

O's Cookie Baking

One of OUR favorites this time of year is Molasses Sugar Cookies. Just the smell of them puts me in the Christmas mood. Last week, during D's morning nap, O and I made a couple of batches for the freezer (and a few for snacking immediately). We turned on the Christmas music and had a good time. O stayed busy pouring in ingredients and then he rolled the majority of the cookie balls in sugar. He did a great job! Wish we could share some through your computer! Here are some pictures of O at work:

We ended up freezing most of the dough balls so that we could have "freshly baked" cookies whenever we wanted. It sure is too bad that my sugar test is Thursday!!! I'm trying really hard to be good but this time of year is difficult!!!

Labels: cooking, holiday, O

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (finally!)

O and D really enjoyed DaddyOz putting the tree up and putting on "their" (a.k.a. UNBREAKABLE) ornaments. The hardest part was finding ONE place and not moving them to a new location everyday. One of the fun things that O said when he heard us talking about a Christmas tree: "Oh, Mom, I'm just gonna love having a Christmas tree!"