A Chrsitmas Eve FEAST

Is it bad that your 16 year old daughter cooks a Turkey dinner before you? Let me answer that question before you... YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, for a while Kenz has been hinting to me that she wants me to cook more, so that is going to be one of my new years resolutions. But, for now-- As I explained on the post before this, with the homemade applie pie-- we had our Christmas Eve dinner at home this year & Mac cooked everything. She did an amazing job. it was very tasty.

Mashed potatoes!

yummy corn.
We also had cranberries, we had some yummy rolls & the homemade apple pie for dessert.

It was an amazing dinner. My hats off to the chef.

Homemade Apple Pie...

MacKenzie wanted to make a homemade turkey dinner this year for Christmas Eve. Every year for Christmas Eve, the tradition is that we spend it with my family. Last year we were in Colorado with the family & of course Lil Val. This year, of course we are home, because we will be talking to Elder Galvan on the phone. So, part of Kenzie's homemade dinner is she wants to make a homemade ApPLe Pie--- something I have never even attempted--- Of course--- I haven't attempted a whole lot, in the cooking department. So, the only thing she even asked for help with--- was rolling out the dough for the bottom part of the crust, that is where you see her DAD's hands--- hahahahahaha. seriously, what good am I???? UMMMM, I do come in handy, when she needs a baby gift for a teacher or a gift for a friend. :)

Here is the fresh apples in the homemade crust that Mackenzie made all by herself.

mmmmm. it was very tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she really is a great cook!!!! We have loved everything she has made!!!!

My baby is 14 (well she was 9 days ago :)

so this year for C.J's birthday we did "Minute to Win It" themed party. We had a super fun time. (I know Stacy & I did) haha. Watching the kids was fun-- Val went to "jersey mike's" and got some subs for dinner. The kid's played some games from the show & went to the park & played 007. Than came back to the house for some amazing cupcakes from my friend April's cupcake shop. o.k. this is real blurry, but Gavin Wheeler & Zach Brundage are pulling tissues out of tissue boxes, with only one hand- seeing who can do it the fastest but of course- within a minute.

It was very funny, because their boxes kept falling on the floor- & it did look like it snowed in the house when they were done. This is Mikayla Neal & the game she is playing, you have to put vaseline on your nose & transfer cotton balls from one bowl to the next without touching them with your hands. Her teammates were helping by holding her hair back- that may have been a little "illegal" on the real show.

Bryson Varney, balancing a tennis racket on the table, with a tennis ball on top of racket, than you have to take a tic tac with tweesers & put it carefully through one of the holes & drop it into a cup. Mad Crazy Skills Needed. Do you see the focus on his face??

my guess is, you can't tell who any of these crazy kids are? hahaha.

MMMMMM. how yummy does that look??? Instead of a birthday cake, we ordered April's yummy cupcake's for C.J's birthday party. MMMM

What goes UP must come DOWN

Kenz, Brooke Myers & Breanna Neal-- and the Wahlin's dog. This is what the girls like to do for fun-- yea!!! They went to the Wahlin's to take pictures & found what were probably some newly raked leaves (sorry jill & rob) but, what do you do?? haha. How can you get mad at these cute faces? Rylee Warner is taking these pictures & is in a few shots later.

Rylee is in the middle- her & Breanna get some serious height on this shot. haha. White girls can jump!!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE MacKenzie's friends---- I know these girls are the kind of friends that will be there for my daughter through thick & thin!!!! They love her regardless!!! I trust them, I trust her with them! In this time when there is so much to worry about out there with our kids, it is so nice to know that these girls are who my daughter is spending her time with. They are daughters of God. They know who they are & what they stand for.