First Attempt at Apple Pies

I decided to attempt some apple pies. I had never made an apple pie before and church had asked for some to be donated around Thanksgiving. I have no idea how they tasted and they didn't look incredible but I did learn some things.

Calzones, not as good as Grandma Bonnie's but...

I made two calzones for dinner per the request of Bret. His mom makes awesome calzones, pizza, actually everything.
I made a cheese and pepperoni for the kids and a spinach for Bret.

Potato Chowder

I got the cutest soup bowls with trays to add to my snowman collection from Rod for Christmas! I couldn't wait to try them out.
On Christmas day, I made my potato chowder soup. SOOO CUTE!

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/bacon-cheese-potato-chowder-107301.aspx

Baking for Christmas

I spent a whole day in the kitchen baking for Christmas goodie plates. The kids even helped! We made homemade peanut butter cups, peppermint cupcakes, sugar cookies, and attempted to make Denise's yummy brownies! I had cute Christmas plaid plates that we put the items on and took them out to deliver them to friends.

Holiday Christmas Eve Dinner

I made some HAM for Christmas Eve Dinner. YUM.

We were having Ham-Loaf, Ham-Ice Cream, Ham-Tacos, Ham-Burritos. We still have ham leftover!

Gingerbread Houses

I invited a couple of girls over from church and we decorated gingerbread houses. I made one from scratch with my gingerbread mold - had to use super glue to get it to stick together. I also bought a cheap kit and we assembled that one too.
The girls had sooo much fun. They weren't the prettiest but that wasn't what mattered.
They decided on two people that they wanted to go and sing too and give the gingerbread houses to.