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TOGETHERness

by Karmen |

sisters, Precious, the hubbies and the zoo crew (kiddos)
ALL got together Saturday night
 because we wanted to be together
 all heavy hearted
sad
broken
over the darkness 
of sin
decided togetherness 
is how we would begin 
the day after…
Our annual Christmas tradition
 began many moons ago
 at our house at Tony Creek
a few days before Christmas
we would tie on our Christmas aprons
crank up Elvis’s “Blue Christmas”
on the record player
meet in our small country kitchen
with our ingredients and recipes
new and old
gather Precious’ priceless bowls from the shelves
and then without further adieu’
LET THE MIXIN’ and FIXIN’ begin!
this year sister nurse
orchestrated the event 
my Christmas treat
was a simple
NO BAKE
NO HASSLE
classic
YUM
butter, peanut butter, chocolate chips
melted on low heat
poured over Chex mix 
stirred
folded
mixed
until well coated with the chocolate mixture
poured into a gallon Ziploc
topped with convection sugar
be sure and ZIP the Ziploc
otherwise you’ll look like this…..
toss and flip 
in the SEALED bag
until
 WAH-LAH…
MUDDY MIX!
leave your
NO HASSLE 
YUM to cool
>insert< taste test
Kate helped sister nurse make her 
sinfully 
YUMMY
Pecan PIE and
chocolate covered pretzels
Cowboy Dan’s favorite
before….
and AFTER
Lou likes it all!
some of the kitchen crew:
sister nurse, Precious and Kate
Bitsy was a BIG help!
with the cake balls
and crock pot candy
and the night made complete:
with THE CLEAN-UP CREW
another great year
in our Christmas kitchen
blessed beyond measure
#eternallygrateful

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Filed Under: Fabulous Friends, Life ~in our neck of the woods, Yummy in my tummy

Comments

  1. marmee says

    December 17, 2012 at 5:01 am

    Keep up those precious traditions that hold your dear family together. You are building lifetime memories that will never leave their hearts or minds. Thank you , Karmen, for your witness to young mothers and for the love you have for your family, our Savior and for training warriors for Him and His work. Praying always for all of you!

    • Karmen says

      December 27, 2012 at 3:32 am

      thank you marmee! I hope you and your loved ones had a wonderful holiday :O)

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