Every year I try to get together with my daughters, grand daughters, and daughter-in-law for some Christmas baking. This year the men even joined in, what fun that was! They were a big help, although, the grand daughters, not so much. Which really was fine.
It’s such a fun tradition that I would not trade for anything!
Nuts, chopping nuts for one of my favorites- English Toffee!
Lonnie, Tracy, and Paityn were the first to start digging in. Here they are rolling chocolate melt-aways into vanilla wafers. This is a recipe I got from my mother-in-law and it just happens to be Lonnie’s favorite.
Paityn was eager to help until her cousins arrived. Then it was off to having fun playing together. Who could blame her?
Nichole is making chow mein noodle clusters. Kylee and Dustin returned from snow shoeing eager to help. Isn’t it funny how they all start with one of their favorites. Could it be so that they can be the first to sample the finished product?
Sam was pretty busy keeping her eye on little “Jack Attack”. Actually, he was really good, but we just love calling him that. He only broke one glass ornament and that was my fault because I forgot to put them away.
Grandpa and the grand daughters took over on Jack duty so Dalan and Sam got busy making Chex mix.
Oh how those goodies make us smile! Karrah seems to be just tickled to death with all of them.
LOVE, LOVE toffee. Buy the end of the day we had accomplished making 10 items. Then comes the fun! Everyone grabs a container and loads up to take home and ENJOY! What would Christmas be like without family TRADITION? I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Look at this SWEET gingerbread man cookie jar I got for my club gift Monday night. Perfect for my living room decorated all in gingerbread and candy! :) Love, Love, Love it!
I have such fond memories of wonderful Christmas goodies that my mother made at Christmas time. From her colorful popcorn cakes, her delicious white fruit cake, to my number one favorite; penoche! For many years I have been trying to set a tradition of Christmas baking with my girls, daughter-in-law, and now grand daughters. I hope that they too will have fond Christmas memories!
A little something sweet to greet in my entry way.
Cupcakes
Jumbo gumdrops and cookies
Lollipop treats
Sweets under the tree
peppermint ribbons
Bubblegum 
Put it all together and what do you get? A tree full of childrens delight! CANDY
And last of all, what would visions of sugar plums be 
I'm a mother of 5 married children, I have 10 darling grand children with fun and crazy personalities. They help to keep me young. I love the outdoors and love to garden. Just something about getting my hands into ...
