Santa Claus is coming...

Merry Christmas friends and family! We probably won't get around to a Christmas card this year, so go ahead and count this post. There's nothing too exciting going on around here. The two oldest boys are growing and doing great in school. Cameron and Adam keep me company at home. Adam is almost 2, which should speak for itself. Brian travels to Weber once a week for his MBA classes. He's doing well. We still love Logan and hope to stay here forever. We're thankful for kind neighbors and friends, and loving family of course.

















This guy was an awesome Santa. All of my kids liked him - except for Adam (you can see me trying to convince him in the last picture). These pics were actually taken over Thanksgiving break. We had a great time with Brian's sister and family.

Biscuits!

It was a biscuits and gravy morning. Cold outside, toasty inside. My awesome husband put up the Christmas lights yesterday so we're feeling extra festive. Our neighborhood has lots of white lights - I was missing the colorful ones of my childhood, so Brian wrapped the columns in multis (after I put the ribbon on - yes, I'm pretty awesome myself) and it looks so cute!

I promised myself I wouldn't update my blog until our colds were gone. Well I was able to breathe through my nose last night, so I guess I've put it off long enough (almost 4 weeks!) Cameron picked up another virus last week, so he still sounds like he's talking underwater (and he can't hear a thing - it's kind of sad, kind of funny).

Well back to the biscuits...I tried a new recipe this morning and it was FABULOUS. I know biscuits are simple and a little old fashioned, but if you haven't made any in awhile, I recommend these (nothing extraordinary - just light and yummy without the weird aftertaste you usually get from biscuits)...

Sour Cream Drop Biscuits (from a Pillsbury cookbook)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
2/3 cup milk
2/3 cup sour cream

Mix dry ingredients and then cut shortening in with fork or pastry blender. In a different bowl, blend milk and sour cream well. Add all at once to flour mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (will be pretty wet). Drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 450 for 10 to 12 minutes.