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Grandma Rasmussen came to visit after Thanksgiving. She brought some fun teeth that Ethan and Luke experimented with. These are their "Arrrrgh" faces. She also brought a recipe for coconut cake. (She heard about my infatuation with coconut macadamia nut gelato and thought she would indulge the sweet tooth a little.) This thing was the real deal. She said she got the recipe from a Family Circle magazine. It had coconut milk in the batter and cream cheese frosting. She made the cake and I happily ate a piece every day, it was delicious! We also made strawberry freezer jam one day. That was delicious too.

She also went to work making a stocking for Sadie. It is gorgeous. Here she is ironing it. I would take a picture of the finished product but its not quite done. I need to embroider Sadie's name on it so I want you to have the full effect.

I love christmas cards. December rolls around and I anxiously await the mailman as though he were Santa Claus himself. I love opening the cards and seeing pictures of friends and family, reading letters or lists. I love how my little snow man card holder looks jam packed with cards from loved ones. I display the most recent card in the front until the next card comes to take its place. Here he is looking a little bare, christmas cards where are you?

Here is our first one!!! Ev, you get the prize for first Christmas card of the season...ding! ding! ding! Ahhh, I feel much better now that my snowman isn't so lonely anymore.