We were joined in the kitchen by our sixth "sister", Miss Mary Christmas. That is really her name. (her shirt says "Little Miss Christmas". VERY fitting!):
Someone brought her A-game and decided to make two cookie recipes...
...while someone (who does not enjoy baking) had to be coaxed to put the magazine down and get to work:
Some of us decided to try out a new recipe...
...which was a hit.
While others stuck to their "old faithfuls":
Someone was allowed to skip her nap and watch the action taking place in the kitchen:
She was a good help to those who gladly welcomed it:
There was lots of mixing, stirring and rolling....
....lots of posing....
...and LOTS of cookies!!! Pecan bars, cranberry bars, nut balls, sugar cookies, molasses cookies, sugar nuts, gingerbread-butterscotch cookies, and two variety of peanut butter cookies. Yummy!
Leland was kind enough to be the judge of the bake off later that night after dinner. He didn't know which girl belonged to which cookie. But, his two favorite cookies were made by....
...this lucky girl!
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Late that night, Grandaddy returned from a trip. The next morning, there were three children who were very happy to see him. Charlotte was able to get in some good conversation time:
RoyBoy helped Grandaddy put out the train around the Christmas tree....
Caroline got in some snuggle time....
...and RoyBoy, some more tickle time.
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COOL song!!!!
Okay LOVED LOVED LOVED this post. It was fun remembering that whole day...rushing to get there by 10:00 only to find out the time had changed to 1:00...the sugar high...laughing...trying to get the ovens to work...rolling...feeling bloated from all the cookies...sneaking out to JCrew...and then the other JCrew...then Dindin at Dawn's... (yawn)...me tired last night! A totally FUN diddly day! Thanks for coming for a preChristmas visit Donna. It was another fun memory. See you in two weeks!!!!
Love you girls!
Leland is a lucky guy! If you ever decide to do the bake-off in Charlotte, I'll volunteer to be a judge.
Oh fun pictures......fun times and sweet memories! I want to go next year!!!! Tell Roy he has to go every year so you can make this an annual trip and just take the kids out of school!
Great post Donna and great quality pictures. That JF camera really works nice!
Where are all those cookies now? I bet mom has them stashed for her midnight snack. You didn't get any pictures of you of Dayna in there. Wahhhh! It's always fun having you home. Two more weeks and we'll do it again!
I'm sorry but look at the second to last picture of Roy Austin with Daddy. His face makes me shake laugh.
It was so good having you here for a few days while Roy is gone. The time went by really fast.....we were supposed to go to Cucci's if I remember. We'll have to do that when you come up for Christmas.
The cookie bake off was fun! We really have to make that another tradition each year. Thank you for all those great pictures. That camera of yours really takes good action shots. Thank you for a wonderful few days.....you're the family instigator!! See you again soon. ILY
It was so good having you here for a few days while Roy is gone. The time went by really fast.....we were supposed to go to Cucci's if I remember. We'll have to do that when you come up for Christmas.
The cookie bake off was fun! We really have to make that another tradition each year. Thank you for all those great pictures. That camera of yours really takes good action shots. Thank you for a wonderful few days.....you're the family instigator!! See you again soon. ILY
Looks like so much fun!
A few observations from this post.
1. Did you get a new camers? WOW! Those pics are NICE. Please do tell the details.
2. You girls are all starting to look more like each other. There were a few pics where it was hard to tell Dawn & Dolly apart.
3. All you girls are looking so SKINNY! Please share the Reber secret diet. :) You girls look gooood.
4. Very nice of Leland to be the judge. :)
Merry Christmas.
Donna, great photographs. What camera did you use. I agree with Nikki's comment...everyone looks fab! Denise, can you post the winning recipes on www.whatsfordin-din.blogspot.com?
Merry Christmas, Caroline :)
I wish I was a Reber girl! How fun!
Dolly, you look fabulous! I love all the fun cookies and will be watching WFDD for some new recipes!
whoa, someone's got a NICE camera. what'd you snap those pics with? man, they look good! man.
i always feel very popular, no, famous, when i get a shout out on here.
You guys look really beautiful to just be baking cookies!
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