4 posts tagged “candy”

This year was the 7th Annual Ginger Bread House Decorating Competition at my sister Cristal's house. She hosted a awesome event every year at Christmas time. She and her husband Jeff open their home to family and friends for food and fun. It's one of my most favorite things about Christmas time, I look forward to it all year!

There were a lot of people and tons of great food. Cristal out did herself again with a amazing taco bar and a yummy chocolate fountain for dessert. After everyone was done eating, we broke up into teams and had one hour to create a amazing Ginger Bread House. I was on a team with my sister's friend Anna and my two nieces. We worked really hard and made a great house. I loved my team and we worked together great. However we didn't win... bummertastic. I have competed every year and have never won, there is so something going on in the judging, hehe! However Daniel's team did win! I think this is the third time he has won, whats up with that? Nonetheless I had a great time, with friends and family and loved every minute of this awesome family tradition. I hope you guys had a awesome weekend too! Are you getting into the Christmas Spirit yet? Well I know I am, the cold weather and all the fun Christmas events are really making me feel like Christmas!

I've always enjoyed Halloween, it's one of the only holiday's you don't have to buy gifts for people or have to travel to visit family. I love getting dresses up and being like a kid again. This Halloween I dressed up like Lucille Ball , I have loved Lucy since I was a little girl and have never dressed up like her. I bought a costume a few years ago and for some reason never wore it. So tonight was the night and it was fun, i loved doing my make up, however it was a rather warm day so i didn't wear the red wig, it was just too hot. But I still think i looked like her.  Daniel was a "dad", super original, good job Daniel! And Sienna was a Syracuse Cheerleader, my family from New York sent her this cute cheerleader uniform and I thought it would be perfect for Halloween. Sienna looked so cute and we super excited about getting candy

After getting all dressed up we went over to my sister Dawn's house. Dawn and I made pizzas for everyone and then we were off trick or treating. It was a family affair with my sister Dawn and her family, my mom, my sister Cristal and her family and Daniel, Sienna and I. Which made for a large group of eleven! It was fun watching all the kids go door to door. After getting all the candy they could carry we went back to Dawn's and made doughnuts. My mom used to make homemade doughnuts when we were little and I thought it would be fun to make them for my daughter and nieces. We all enjoyed the doughnuts and ate some candy. It was a fun Halloween spent with family. Hope you had a fun and safe Halloween!
 

Tonight we all got dressed up and headed over to my nieces elementary school. They were having a Halloween Carnival. I was able to get some pictures of Sienna in her Halloween costume early, she is going to be a Syracuse Cheerleader for Halloween. My cousin Cinda sent her the uniform for her birthday, and I thought it would be perfect for Halloween. I have lots of family in Syracuse, New York, so I know that they will love seeing Sienna having Syracuse pride. She looked too cute! I was a cat, which Sienna thought was the funniest thing. She insisted on me drawing on her face because I had drawn whiskers on mine. So I wrote "Go Team" on her cheeks. I always like playing dress up and this was a great excuse to have fun!

My sister Dawn and her husband were running one of the game booths, so we had to make sure we played there. Daniel and my niece won tons of stuff for Sienna, the games were a little too hard for her. However Sienna had tons of fun trying to playing the games and playing with her cousins. I enjoyed spending time with my sister Cristal and her family too! Plus my mom was able to come, it was one big family outing. By the end of the night Sienna had a big bag full of candy and prizes. It was a great fun, plus we got to support my nieces school.