• Celebrating Christmas Eve With My Family

     Christmas Eve Family Fun Traditions

    Brina requested homemade Monkey Bread!

    Thankful for a quiet and fun Christmas Eve with my family.  It was a great day!  We ate read books, played games, ate great food, made gingerbread houses, watched classic Christmas movies, and more wonderful fun with the family.  It is nice to have a day to spend making memories together.

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    We got to open a family gift a day early!  Jake got us the game “Forbidden Desert – Thirst For Survival“!  we had a blast playing it together TWICE today!

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    Making gingerbread houses out of graham crackers!  We had a great time making a mess and putting them together!

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    They turned out pretty well!

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    My sweet, thoughtful, and handsome man!  He drove all the way across town early this morning to get me sushi, love him!

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    Sushi anyone!?

    Starting reading this classic Old Yeller by Fred Gipson book to the girls today…so far they are enjoying it!

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    My parents got us some sweet hot cashews!  DELICIOUS!!!

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    Watched the classic Christmas movie – Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer!

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    Another Christmas classic – Frosty the Snowman

  • Family Recipe: Nancy’s Banana Bread

    A friend recently gave us banana bread which the girls absolutely loved.  After finishing that loaf I dug out our family recipe to make another loaf.  Grandma Willa shared Nancy’s Banana Bread recipe with us many years ago.  This delicious banana bread is always a super special treat around our house.  It is a wonderful recipe to pull out for a breakfast treat when you have guests staying with you or your hosting a get together for a group of friends.  I love that it is easy to put together too.

     

    Nancy’s Banana Bread:

    • 2 cups Flour
    • 1 tablespoon Water
    • 1/2 cup shortening
    • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
    • 2 Eggs
    • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
    • 1 cup Sugar
    • 1/4 cup Walnuts (optional)
    • 3 Bananas, mashed

    Mix all the ingredients together.  Place in greased and floured bread pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

  • Recipe: Monkey Bread

    Monkey Bread

    Perfect recipe to share at parties.  It has an amazing sweet taste especially when it is still warm from cooking.  Delicious!  I have adopted this Monkey Bread recipe which given to me at my bridal shower from Charlene.

    • 2 cans of Biscuits
    • 1 stick of Butter
    • 1 cup Brown Sugar
    • 1/2 teaspoon of Cinnamon
    • 5 tablespoons of Water
    • Optional – 1/2 cup of Coconut & 1/2 cup of Chopped Pecans

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Grease the bundt pan.  Optional: sprinkle coconut and chopped pecans in the bottom of the pan.  Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut individual biscuits into quarters.  Roll biscuits in the cinnamon and brown sugar mixture.  Place into bundt pan.   Mix butter, remaining brown sugar, and water in a pot, bring to a boil.  As soon as it starts boiling remove from heat and pour over biscuits.

    Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.  Let stand for 5 minutes then turn out onto a serving dish.