The Haywards Missionary Adventures

The past few days I have been pondering on what I have to be greatful for. I don't want to bore you with my whole list which is miles and miles long. But I will share with you some of the highlights of my days... Cuddling with my darlings and Husband. Butterfly kisses, staring into my children's eye's, playing games with them. Saying family prayer, reading Scriptures as a family, Cooking together, helping them through rough times, loving them unconditional, Weekend dates, And knowing that Sam and I will be together Forever. I am also thankful for the opportunity to Raise 6 beautiful Spirits who keep me on my toes, and my spirit young. Happy Holidays!

So My Sister has been working non-stop on this Gingerbread House. I think it's amazing!! So Amazing I thought I would Post it on my blog as well! The past few weeks When talking to her on the phone she would mention her gingerbread house and silly me thought o.k. she's building four walls and putting candy on it. Oopps my mistake ! I didn't realize that she was building a mansion! Check out her other pictures on her post Way to go Julie and Jim!!

I made these today for an afternoon snack. Just getting in the mood for Thursday. They are very easy to make you take marshmallows, Chocolate chips, striped shortbread cookies and yellow icing. (I wasn't paying attention and bought gel) 1. Melt Chocolate 2. I took a fondue fork and put through the hole of the cookie and held out of the way. 3. Put the marshmallow on fork and dip in chocolate when covered move the cookie toward the marshmallow and pull off the fork. 4. let cool and then decorate. I actually got this Idea from Fun Snacks for Kids They turned out way cute! What are you going to be snacking on before Thanksgiving Dinner?

This last week has gone by so fast. If it wasn't for pictures I would have a hard time remembering what happened this week. we had a few school functions that happened this week. Tuesday Stewart had a library night. Wednesday Fawcett had a math night complete with hotdog dinner. Friday Stewart(middle school) honored the students who had a 100% turned in homework. And they let them leave school 30min. early if their parents were there. Yea for Tasha!! Boo for Kyle!!(hopefully he will get the message and work harder from now on) And of course I forgot my camera on the first two occasions. And Tasha ran away from her parents on the third occasion.(can you believe that she expected us to take her home when she wanted nothing to do with us just moments earlier.) I made 6 Family Home Evening packets for an exchange that happened on Thursday. And I saw these cupcake pops on Bakerella and had to give it a try. Mine aren't as cute but o.k. for my first attempt. I sent these to the FHE...

O.k. so I got a little carried away today making a new header. Now I need your help!! which one do you like? The Red Holly was my first attempt and is currently being displayed. Snowmen was my second attempt And third was Let it Snow. Let me know what you think, I like them all.

So first of all it's... National Homemade Bread Day and I really had every intention to make bread but it just didn't happen. I did however make Focaccia Bread does that count? Click here for recipe It was yummy! Next time I am going to add garlic. Second... For Family Home Evening we talked about gossiping. The title of the lesson is... The Ugly Truth ( found here ) We started off by putting chocolate syrup in Cody's hand and then we passed it along until we completed the circle. I then explained to them how ugly gossiping can get and how what we say sticks and can never be taken back. After we cleaned our hands with wet wipes we played a little game of telephone. We ended with a story called "Girlfriends and Gossip" from the friend. We had a great time tonight and I sure hope that my kids learned something from the object lesson other than playing with chocolate. What is one of your favorite topics for Family Home Evening?

Cody**Tiny Tim Kyle**Young Scrooge Brandon**Poulterer Boy Tasha**Choir Girl Sam**Poulterer, Grocer and in the FezzyWig Party Cindy**Towns Woman and in the FezzyWig Party Our first three shows had some rough spots but ran nicely. We have four more left. Yahoo!! I'm Sorry about the pictures I will get a better Family Picture next week.