A Fun Filled Day

Below are just some highlights of the day..to go along with the candy making at mom's.

Come in!! (Love ya Jen!!)

 Yep!! It sure did!! Quite a bit too!! I was pumped..I love snow!

Jen spilled half a bag of chocolate chips all over the floor. Lainey wanted so bad to eat them! Sheila wanted so bad not to pee her pants laughing about the spilled chips! (Love ya Sheila!!) 

 Mom dipped her PB balls in chocolate then finished decorating them so we could start making hard candy.

Bart wrote thank you notes..from their September wedding. HA! He probably got 10 or 15..out of about 150..done. We were waaayyy too distracting for him! BobbiJo volunteered to help..but Jen didn't like her ideas on what to write! ;)

Rylan sat on the couch for awhile and read Newsweek.

I swear Jen was losing her mind today and thought we were making Pumpkin Rolls because she thought the dish towel was supposed to be wet..and then she covered the entire dish towel in powdered sugar instead of making a mound..both of which you do for Pumpkin Rolls! Not hard candy!

Mom gave BobbiJo war paint.

Then we tried to get the hard candy making going..except I burnt the first batch..just like last year!! Whoops!

Mom gave BobbiJo more war paint! Guess she was just trying to make her blend in with the snow outside.

Bart was our dish washer..and he only touched the super hot pans a few times before he finally...didn't learn at all that the pans were scalding hot.

Lainey begged for attention and food..stood in the way..and got really friendly with BobbiJo.

The cinnamon candy always gets everyone involved. Between holding a shirt or towel over your or someone else's nose, using towels to fan the smells away, opening and closing doors to fan the smell out, or just plain gasping for air because you've inhaled the scent. We go outside to add and stir in the flavor. The scent is so strong that it takes your breath away if you breathe it and it turns your skin red if it steams on you. It's insane and you can't understand how stressful and funny it is making the cinnamon candy until you experience it with us.

We always make cinnamon last because you are miserable after making it and it makes the house smell so good. So after we finished all of the cinnamon batches, BobbiJo and I got a little spunkified and played Chugga Chugga.

Jen and Bart did it last year..so Bobbi and I played this year. Needless to say..my nose was filled with powdered sugar..along with my lungs.

We had a blast today..all 10 of us! If you've never experienced a day with my family..you should stop by sometime when we're all at mom's! It's a once in a lifetime experience and we can promise anyone a good time! We're definitely unique!