The Jordans- Cherish, Sean, Autumn and Emelia

My girls sat down and wrote a letter to Santa. Autumn wrote "sod" and asked for a baby. Emelia said, "ho, ho, ho." I think Autumn needs a little less coffee. After carefully decorating each paper and the envelope. We took our Santa mail to the mall. Is Santa in here? Let me look for you Millie. After dropping off Santa mail, we headed over to see the big guy for a photo. We waited. And waited (crooked eye finally got her doctor appointment for next week, will update you on the status of that after the appointment). Is Santa ever coming back from lunch? Waited some more. After more than an hour, Santa finally made his debut and wouldn't you know it, neither girl would let us get their photo. I won't lie, I was upset by this. I told Autumn if she was so afraid of Santa, maybe he shouldn't even come to our house. Man, I am a mean mom! We headed home and decided to take our own little photo shoot. Autumn is getting easier and easier to get a photo of, sh

The girls and I were busy this week working on our gifts for Autumn's teachers, our neighbors and Grandpa Jordan. We started with a Zesty Snack Mix that I found in a Paula Deen Magazine. You start with: 2 (9 ounce) packages oyster crackers, 1 (1 pound) package of goldfish, 1 (1 pound) package miniature pretzel twists. Dump them all in a roasting pan. Melt two sticks of butter in a medium sauce pan. The rest of the characters: 2 tsp lemon pepper seasoning, 1 tsp dried dill, 1 tsp ground red pepper and 1 (1 ounce) package dry ranch dressing mix. Next, make sure your assistant isn't eating all the goodies. Keep your eye on crooked eye. Add all the dry ingredients to the melted butter and then pour over the pretzels and crackers. Stir with a slotted spoon. A great task for Autumn! Put in the oven at 250 degrees for 45 minutes. Every 15 minutes, pull it out and stir it up. I transferred to a cookie sheet so it would cool down quickly, but wait for the mix to cool down completely bef