Anasazi Christmas

My husband works at the Anasazi Foundation. It is a non-profit Wilderness program for teens. Anasazi is based on the idea of the seven paths. Light(sun), Water(drop of water), Wind(cloud), Stone(rock), Plants(cactus,chestnut), Animals(rabbit), and WE.

Sean is a bit of a procrastinator. He decided what the office gift should be on the 23rd of Dec. He asked if I would mind making "some" cookie boxes for his colleagues at work. He had this vision of making them to replicate the seven paths. "Sure," I say, "How many and when do you need them by?" He responds, "I'll need about 6-7 boxes, 6 smaller platters and a platter for the office."

Wow, that's a lot of cookies. I explained that this would take at least 10 hours, as we have to make dough, chill, bake, cool, and then the lengthy process of frosting them.

"Oh, I'll help you," he says. "

"O.K.", I say, "but this may be an all nighter!"

Well, it was more than an all nighter.

It took 12 hours straight to get it done.

I got the boys to help and they turned out perfect.

Zach entertained us along the way .


For all of you cookie makers out there, you know it's not the baking that is difficult, but that presentation, is everything!

They were really tasty.

I think everyone enjoyed their Anasazi themed holiday treats!

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas with many
happy memories and fun times.
Christmas this year was at our house.
We had 16 family members here to celebrate.
There was lots of yummy food and a family game night!
It is so nice to live so close and get to see them
throughout the year. I wish that the rest of the family lived
closer so that we could include them.

We were missing quite few.

I am going to finally try and get back to blogging. I have been so

busy throughout the holiday, as I'm sure most of you have been as well.

I give Kudos to those bloggers who can do it all. I have been busy working,

baking, shopping, and staying sane.

As of late, I have actually gotten "hate" mail for not updating my blog.

What's up with that? LOL :-)

I take it all in jest, but do realize that I have been slacking.

So, I'm going to try and play catch up.

I will post all of the projects I've been working on.

This is going to be a great New Year. I can feel it!!!

(Is that how one uses mind control?)

I will bring on the positive energy and thinking.

Maybe if I make a vision board I can live"The Secret. "

Whatever works right?! --HO HUM!

Off to clean up the Post Christmas messes, but I will be back soon to share some pictures!