




Adventures in housewifery: Cooking, crafting, and not a lot of cleaning
With this being such a weird year, I didn’t end up making as many cookies as I normally do. I also forgot to take pictures of another bunch of them. Here are some cookie pictures that I did take though.
The cookie platter for Christmas Eve: Lava Salted Caramel Shortbreads, Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies, Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip, M&M cookies, fudge from K1, and cardamom sugar cookies from my Mom.
Pizzelle from K1- Lightly chai spiced
Cinnamon Sugar Swirls
Peppermint cookie bars
I also made peppermint bark, key lime snowballs, peanut butter balls, and whipped shortbread cookies.
So we did something ridiculous, as per usual. We challenged our friends and family to a Charcuterie Chalet Challenge where we built houses out of charcuterie materials instead of gingerbread houses. It was wacky fun! I hope you enjoy the pictures and are inspired to create your own fun events!
And finally The Winner! Title: Frosty’s Getaway. Look at the amount of intricate detailing. The chimney! The path! The snowman!! The pepperchini trees! The tiled salami roof!
K1’s mom made it, so I will be sending her a fun homemade prize after Christmas.
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We went to a drive in light show for some Christmas season fun. I tried to pick the least blurry pictures. It’s hard to take pictures in a moving car!
Straight No Chaser- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: https://youtu.be/PTbRvJTleSQ
Eclipse 6- Hamildolph (Hamilton Parody, possibly language?): https://youtu.be/M7sm49fHlyI
Citizen Queen- This Christmas: https://youtu.be/mcmnObOBaFs
Pentatonix- Carol of the Bells: https://youtu.be/DpwbyFltv6g
Voice Play- Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas: https://youtu.be/_jCo47qr_vs
Peter Hollens- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: https://youtu.be/h6IfsuQJaIk
Tonic Sol Fa- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town: https://youtu.be/nkTpBTNEiVY
BYU Vocal Point- Trans-Siberian Orchestra Cover: https://youtu.be/E_dxxaqt29M
King and Country- Little Drummer Boy: https://youtu.be/NzEX3QMuVPM
Postmodern Jukebox (ok, not all acapella) – I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas: https://youtu.be/vuNH4kpuobc
Alex Boye (also not all acapella)- Go Tell It On The Mountain (Mowtown Style): https://youtu.be/pPVR-njnzBM
And my absolute favorite- Royal Chorale Society- Hallelujah Chorus from Isolation: https://youtu.be/_PQYVbd1Gwg
I thought it was really interesting to see the sculptures that were set up for the annual Zoo Lights when we were there the other week, so I thought I’d share them with you.
There was no Quilt Expo this year, so I thought I would share some from last year. These are all home themed quilts, which seemed appropriate.