christmas

The following few pictures are pictures of my Christmas. Most of them are pictures of food and simba. Enjoy.

Table

That's the table before dinner, isnt it pretty. 

Honey Baked Ham

Honey Baked Ham and Turkey is way better than ham and turkey that you have to cook yourself. 

Aunt

Aunt Di came down for dinner and church. 

Food

Mom always makes this on Christmas. I dont like it because of whatever that white stuff is, but it looks pretty. 

Dessert

Cake. 

Cheesy Potatoe Stuff

Thats the stuff that goes in Pierogies. We always have a lot left over and have tried in the past to make up new things to do with the extra. Now we just throw it away. 

Pierogie Dough

That's the dough. We used to do it the old fasioned way and make a volcano with the flower and put all the other stuff in the middle and mix it with our hands. Now we just throw everything into that mixer and it does the hard work.

Pierogie making

This is my favorite part of the Pierogie making process. Dad rolls out the dough and gives us circles, then we take a spoonfull of that potatoe cheese stuff and fold it in half. I like to go around the edges with a fork to make it look nice, that's a technique i picked up from Grandma. 

Boiling

Pierogies have to be boiled until they start to float up to the top, then you take them out and fry them. 

Frying

That's dad frying the Pierogies. 

Finished Pierogies

Those are the finished Pierogies. 

After Dinner

That's what was left of the table after dinner. Notice the ranch dressing and salsa on my plate. I decided to spice up my pierogies this year. 

Brian

Brian isnt very good at arriving on time. He kept saying he was going to leave early and then he left late so he missed dinner but I still made him go to church. 

Ribbon

I put that pretty ribbon on Simba. He liked it.

Tree

That was our Christmas Tree. 

TV

That's our new tv. 

Dad and his Safety Goggles

There's dad tearing out the shelves because the tv he got is too big to fit in that little hole. Notice the fasionable safety goggles he is wearing. 

Gingerbread House

I picked up this Gingerbread house kit at world market cause I had never made one before. Brian tried to put it together because he is the architect and likes to build houses. But, he couldnt get the roof to not cave in so I, being the engineer I am, had to step in and create a more structurally sound design. Anyway, all the gumdrops fell off so it looks kinda funny. 

Frog

Aunt Diane got simba that frog for christmas. She always remembers to get him something. Anyway, he played with it for like 5 minutes and went crazy and then he noticed we were all watching him and he got embarrassed. Now he only plays with it when he thinks no one is looking. 

Simba

Simba is sad because I left him to go back to college. I got him that cool blue collar because he wore out his ribbon from Christmas. He wore the ribbon for like 3 weeks.