Christmas Baking

It all started with fruitcake, Duke loves fruitcake, surprisingly. My grandma has a fruitcake recipe that everyone that i know loves. I can't remember trying it but my mom and dad and aunt and anyone else who has tried it likes it. But man that stuff is a pain to make. the recipe she had make 4 loaves of it. we had to split it into two large bowls to mix it. It managed to conquer the hand mixer that David used to mix his bowl. RIP mixer. so the baking started out with some frustration but after we got the fruitcake out of the way it was all better.

Ever since i have lived in Utah i have done Christmas baking with my grandma. So after church yesterday we drove down to Provo, picked her up and headed to Carolyn's for Christmas baking. It was pretty fun. I felt like i bored my grandma to death because i was just cooking the whole time but she enjoyed playing with Alice and just watching us. We made three different kinds of cookies. Sugar, Gingersnaps, and Pecan Sandies. There were a lot of cookies. it's a good thing there were three of us to split them up between.

Carolyn and i and all the cookies.



Me, Carolyn and Alice. Oh that adorable dress Alice is wearing is the one i got her for her Christmas dress this year. It has a cute little jacket that goes over it too. I have gotten her one every year (which doesn't seem like a lot when she's just almost 2) and i plan on getting her a cute Christmas dress until she thinks my taste in clothing is lame. LOL.