Christmas Candy

This past Saturday would have been mine and Jeff's 24th wedding anniversary. It's been nearly five years since he passed and while it does getting easier there is still a knot in my throat in moments like this. So, this year I thought I would have some friends over to make Christmas candy. It was a good diversion for me and we had a great time!

We made Lollipops, butterscotch candy, peppermint bark, chocolate covered pretzels and attempted a Pampered Chef candy that well didn't turn out :( But we had a good time and the kids loved all the goodies...so did we!

Make a Smilebox greeting

Montague Balloon Fair

This past weekend our little town was home to the annual Montague Balloon Fair. It is a big deal in this house and my kids live for rising early and seeing the balloons take flight.

This year we decided it would be fun to ask some dear friends over to enjoy the balloons with us and have breakfast. We had such a good time! I love having family and friends over and having a bunch of kiddos run around....truly blesses me.

So..the big deal this year was the kids were able to get a tethered ride in a balloon! This was huge to my kids..they keep saying they want to go up higher on a real ride next year! We shall see about that..