Amundsons

Christmas in Wisconsin this year with Grammy and Baba.  Jake's grandma and his cousin Julie were able to join us which made for a festive experience. Charlotte's highlight was the easy-bake over (aka. gender role generator) that Santa brought her.  I would probably protest more (or purchased a tool set for her) if I didn't love cupcakes so darn much.  Charlotte learning to bake really is a win-win for everyone anyway.   This is her first batch of red-velvet cupcakes... hindsight I should have placed a penny next to these so that you could appreciate the size of these "cupcakes".  However even the tiny cupcakes led to a grand tea-party. The other favorite gift was that I downloaded the new Taylor Swift album onto the iPod.  On iTunes you are able to see how many times a song has been played... at last count, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" had been played 55 times.  wow.  just wow.  I tried and could barely g...

If you do something 3 years in a row it is a tradition, right?  Well Daniken Tree farm is one of my favorite traditions, even if there wasn't any snow yet on the ground. The angel was my grandmother Elizabeth's.  Growing up I always thought she had the greatest Christmas tree, filled with red velvet ribbons, white lights, tinsel and topped with this golden angel.  It is only right that Claire ELIZABETH gets to start the tradition of putting it on the tree every year.