in loving memory

Harriette Louise Berrett Hymas
December 25, 1926 - December 29, 2008

Photos of Halie's Wedding

These pictures were taken by Daniel. I don't know his last name, but he did a fantastic job. If you would like to contact him, let me know and I can get you his email/phone number.

a snowy wedding

Halie and Brett got married yesterday, December 27. It was a stressful week with illnesses, Christmas stress, technology issues, etc., etc., etc. I never thought I would be so relieved to take down a Christmas tree.

Halie and Brett had a fresh snowfall for their pictures. Halie didn't even feel the cold--I say it was the adrenaline. They took beautiful photographs and are after a luncheon and reception, are now spending their honeymoon in Salt Lake City.

Christmas Cookies

I decided to have some Christmas fun making Christmas cookies. Along with these, I made some pretty great memories with my Papa who sat at the kitchen table talking to me, and sleeping on the floor, while I listened to my favorite Christmas music and baked my cookies. Once they had been cooked, I was just going to frost them simply and quickly, but after a while, I began to really enjoy myself. I grabbed some toothpicks to give the frosting texture and created the fur on the top of the red stocking. Then, I carefully created a red and white candy cane and it went from there. It was a lot of fun. The only downside is I have only decorated about nine cookies in the last hour... At least their pretty!

I got the sugar cookie recipe from AllRecipes.com. They were really delicious with a hint of nutmeg and almond flavoring. I suggest both the recipe for the cookie and the frosting. Delicious.

Is the picture big enough, Camie? ;)

belated update: halie's bridal shower

I know this really late, but I wanted to show some pics from my sister's bridal shower. I did a lot of the planning, especially when it came to refreshments and decorations. It was a lot of fun and Halie felt like it was Christmas with all of her gifts.

Halie and me


The party planning committee.


Halie's future sister-in-laws and mother-in-law.


Halie, my mom, Elise, and me.

more Thanksgiving goodness...

I cooked the turkey...

I also decorated the table. It wasn't as pretty as I'm sure Camie's was, but Dollar Tree was my friend for this little creation...

I also made pumpkin pie, salad, salad dressing, and cherry pie.

[special thanks to cindi for her cooking advice and help]

Happy Belated Thanksgiving

Here I am, two days later, still full after two Thanksgiving dinners one at my house and the other at Jeff's. Despite the unruly amount of amazingly delicious food, I had such a great time getting to know Jeff's family more and getting to know their friends, Paul, Pam, and Jake. I wish I had taken a picture of sitting around the table with them. We talked about a myriad of different things for about four hours.

First we ate with my family. Brett and Halie had it worse than Jeff and I. Three Thanksgiving dinners...