Pumpkin Waffles

Ok, I keep getting requests for this recipe, so here it is, once and for all. Thanks to Patricia, the originator of the recipe, I hope it's ok if I post it!
Mix together:
2 cups flour
2 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt

Separate 4 eggs. Beat yolk slightly, add 1 1/2 cups milk, 1 cup pumpkin, 1 tbsp vanilla, and 3/4 cup margarine (1 1/2 sticks). Add flour mixture.
Beat egg whites to stiff peaks. Add to above mixture.

Syrup
1 cube butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp karo syrup
Boil. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp vanilla. Best if served hot!

Piper and The Christmas Tree and House

We've decorated houses over and over and over! Piper has loved it, she's gotten more creative each time.

She actually let me do her hair, accessorize, and posed for the camera. It was wonderful! She's been decorating and undecorating the tree over and over...

Special Christmas Pictures

We found the cutest footed pj's for Monte. It's wonderful, and it keeps his little feet warm.

The family picture is at the Osmund show. We had so much fun dressing up and posing in the pretty building.

Christmas Fun Again! 3

Silver Dollar City Santa and fun, then Hollywood Wax Museum too!

Christmas Fun Again!

We had a blast making sugar cookies for our neighbors, of course wearing the matching Christmas aprons I made with my mom's help a few Christmas's ago. Unfortunately, Monte's now fits Piper, so we need to do some sewing!

Monte's traditional "Beard check." He always wants to make sure that Santa is real! He also loves to stroke his soft, furry coat. It's sweet...and so is Santa to allow the examination.

Christmas Fun!

Ok, so Branson is fun for Halloween, but even more fun for Christmas! Incidently, it began the day after Halloween, so we've had a lot of time to enjoy it. Here's one of our 3 meetings with Santa (so far). My kids think he has a lot of time during this season, we see him everywhere!

Piper was so cute! She started naming all of her favorite Winnie the Pooh characters, "Pooh, Rabbit, Roo, Tigger, Eyore..." Santa joined in and they both had a laugh together.

Mrs. Claus was also sweet, she searched and searched for the plug for Piper's sand tree after she lost it...then gave up and went across the park for another one. Very thoughtful!

I love this picture! We don't actually look terrible, (of course, we can never all look at the camera at once...but it's fun!) They are my Christmas presents.