2023 Blue Jeans Week 49

Did some holiday baking, went to lunch with my friends, and did a holiday craft with another friend. It was a good week! Take a look...

Mr J texted me that he had made these swig style gingerbread cookies, and they are so good, that I decided I needed to make them too. They are from Mel's Kitchen Cafe here

My monthly lunch with my friends. Makes me so happy!

We ordered some new king-sized pillows for our bed, and this is how they came....I was a little worried about them expanding, but they did and are great!

Trying a new brownie recipe to take to the church Christmas party. I layered half the brownie mix and then covered it with these peppermint bark squares and then covered it with the rest of the brownie mix. I thought they would be over the top, but they were not too sweet and very yummy! 

 

My cute co-worker invited me to take a Christmas floral display class. It was so fun, and I think what we made turned out pretty awesome! It will look great on my front porch!

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2023 Blue Jeans Week 48

Behind again...that is kind of my theme lately, but it's all good! We are doing well! 

Fitting in grocery shopping together. It is not Ben's favorite thing, but I appreciate he goes with me!

Loving the Christmas decorations.

Got the Christmas cards done!

I decided even though the kids were gone, we were still going to do our Christmas chain countdown :)

One benefit of being empty nesters is you can wrap all the presents any time you want :) We are all wrapped and ready! Christmas shopping and wrapping done!

Went up to the city on the weekend and went to a yummy Vietnamese cafe for lunch. It was so good!

Thanks for visiting! Hope all is well with you! 

 

2023 Blue Jeans Week 47

Getting caught up! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving week! The C's were here most of the week, and we loved that! Take a look at our week...

Miss E had a scholarship luncheon that Mr J went with her to. It was pretty fancy! So proud of her! 

 

So poor Mr J had to get all 4 wisdom teeth out this week. Thankfully most Thanksgiving foods are pretty soft! Mrs and Mr A and Miss E took great care of him before he and Miss E went to Ben's sisters for Thanksgiving.

We are in serious puzzle mode here. With it getting dark so early, it is a perfect way to spend an evening. This is a new puzzle we got this year.

Had lunch with my dear friends. They got take-out and brought it to my house so we could eat together over my lunch hour. Sure love these ladies!

Another puzzle this week!  We have had this one forever, and it is one of my favorites.

Happy Thanksgiving!  This was the crew at our house.

Mr J and Miss E at Ben's sister's house.

Mr and Mrs A with Mr A's family.

We played a new game called Happy Salmon which everyone thought was fun on Thanksgiving.

All the pies!

Day after Thanksgiving we always decorate for Christmas. We were so grateful the C's were here to help!!!

Went on a hike to explore a local cave.

Watched this fun Christmas movie. It is older, but so good! Highly recommend!

And we did our traditional Tree of Thankfulness. So much to be Thankful for!!!

Thanks for visiting! Hope you are health and happy and well wherever you are!

2023 Blue Jeans Week 45/46

Catching up and getting two weeks done in one. 

We went to church and played some games up at the C's house. So fun to be with them!

I voted! I also voted for myself again for school board. I won, but I was also unopposed. Here is to another 4 years!

Been seeing a lot of deer lately in our back yard!

School board convention was this week, and Ben went with me. We stayed at a fun hotel.

Went exploring around the city where the convention was, and went to this cool bridge.

Took a great friend to lunch for her birthday!

We had an area awards night, and the school district got an award. 

Getting the Christmas lights out and up because it was a beautiful and sunny day!

Doing a game on top of the puzzle we were also working on. We have so much fun!

 

2023 Blue Jeans Week 44

Ok, finally getting caught up again. This is Oct 29-Nov 4. Donated blood, made a cake, enjoyed time in the city with the C's and loved the birthday gift the kids gave to Ben. Take a look...

It has not worked out with my work schedule to give blood again until this week.  Glad I was able to give!

Not sure if this counts as an October cake, or November cake. I made it on Oct 31, but they ate it on Nov 1st. Ben needed a cake for work, and this is our favorite chocolate peanut butter cake. 

A beautiful sunrise as we left early for the city one day this week. 

Took our bikes up to the city and went riding on some trails there with the C's. Beautiful fall leaves!

For lunch, we got Crumbl cookies :) Yummy!

For Ben's birthday the kids went in together and got us tickets to The Sound of Music at the beautiful performance hall in the city.

We loved the performance! It was phenomenal!! It was a perfect gift for Ben that he loved!

Thanks for catching up with us!  Hope all is well with you and yours!

 

2023 Blue Jeans Week 43

This is the week of Oct 22-28th. We enjoyed my sister and her family being here, headed up to Omaha for some work meetings and carved a pumpkin. I think I need to take more pictures :)

After church on Sunday, my mom, me and my sister. 

Ben had some work meetings in Omaha, and I work remotely, so I just worked remotely there from the hotel. It was a quick trip, but a good one. 

We got a white pumpkin this year to carve since we were slow in buying pumpkins and all the orange ones were gone. 

Our creations! Turned out pretty good!

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2023 Blue Jeans Week 42

The week of Oct 15-21 we have my sister and her family come visit. The C's came down, and we had our town's annual festival, and several birthdays. Take a look at our week...

My sister and her family came to town. We did a bonfire with hot dogs and s'mores the night they got in. It was so fun to see them! This is Mrs OC, my brother-in-law, my mom, my nephew, and my sister.

Getting ready to watch a parade with Ben, the C's, and my cute co-worker, her husband and little boy. 

Picnic lunch with the C's and yummy take-out!

Decorating our traditional Halloween sugar cookies.

Some of our pretty awesome creations!

Loved how they used the gingerbread cookie cutters to make the mummies :)

Happy birthday to this amazing guy!  His Boston Cream Pie cake didn't want to keep the filling inside, but it still tasted good!  Sure love you Ben!

Happy birthday to my Dad! His birthday is a few days before Ben's. I always make his favorite banana cream pie for his birthday cake. 

We celebrated 3 birthdays with my sister, my dad, and Ben. Lots of yummy "birthday cakes!"

Thanks for catching up with us!