Cookies galore!

I made ginger snaps and minty chocolate cookies at the Mandli house and they both turned out pretty well. Ray made cookies that we all decorated with various colors of frosting.

Kyle's birthday fun

On Saturday we celebrated Kyle's birthday with his family. He made dinner and his mom made a tasty German chocolate cake, and he opened some gifts. We wrapped the night up with a couple of rounds of Bang.

The next night we went out to dinner to celebrate since Kyle had made dinner the night before. He chose The Vintage, a gourmet brew pub place. It was tasty and they had a funny sign too.

Christmas shopping

Interesting intimate apparel options at Target.

Christmas with the Teelins, Part 2

Jordan managed to put on the ridiculous purple track suit that Jill brought as part of a white elephant gift, even though it was quite small. Hank the dog was a giant chocolate lab combined with a golden retriever, who was the sweetest dog ever.

Christmas for the Teelins, Part 1

We had Christmas with Kyle's mom's side of the family on Sunday. We traveled over to Baraboo with the family and had the event at Tracie's sister Lynda's house. There were lots of people including lots of kids and several animals. We ate lots of good food (mostly desserts for me!) and then had a fun gift exchange.

Lynda made a Batman mask which people were all trying to get (it is really cool!). Tracie got an old purple nighty of her mother's which was quite funny.

Kyle's birthday in Wisconsin

After the dinner, we celebrated kyle's birthday from earlier in the month with a great German chocolate cake that Tracie made and a pile of gifts!

Kyle's stir fry

Kyle made his tasty beef and broccoli stir fry for dinner at his parents' house for Tracie, Ray, Kelsey, Lexi, Rob, and me. It was great!!