Last week we had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the Garrett family up in Atlanta. It was great to see everyone, including the newest addition to the family, Kim and John's son Asher. Davis had a blast playing with his cousins and I can already tell that Davis and Caleb are really going to be tearing it up when they get older. Davis is 8 months younger than Caleb (Kim's older son) and Rebekkah (Heather's youngest daughter). Davis is about 9 months older than Asher, so when everyone gets a little older they should be great playmates. Unfortunately, I don't have lots of pictures from the trip- it was really crazy with that many babies around and I just didn't get the photos I would have liked.
The Thanksgiving holiday fell right in the middle of some big deadlines for me. You might be wondering why I would have ANY deadlines as a stay at home mom, but I find a way to make things stressful. I needed to get a video made of my Miracle on Main Street Event- that was the big toy giveaway that I chaired for the Junior League of Gainesville this year. It was a great event and we have lots of ideas to make it even better next year. Well I wrapped up the video just before we left town for Turkey Day and I have posted a copy of the video here.
When we got back in town, I had two big deadlines- finish the cookbook I was making on Blurb for my great Aunt ("Sister") and get our Christmas card designed so that I have a shot at getting it to people before the holiday is over. I really buckled down this week and got some help from Mom (watch Davis) and everything is ordered now! I have included the link to Blurb for the cookbook- I love that Blurb because anyone from the Lane/Scott clan that wants a copy can order it right there. Of course, I don't make a profit from the book, I just wanted a way to make it easy for everyone to order without me having to print a bunch of copies. I'm pleased with the way it turned out, but I already see some changes that I have to make for the next "edition". Sister doesn't really use any recipes, so when I asked her how she made her cornbread, she told me the ingredients and how she mixes them , but she didn't have any amounts. Well I meant to go back and add what i thought the amounts were based on my own experience making the recipe- I just perfected my cornbread this year after 7 years of trying. Well I forgot, so if you look at the cornbread page, there are no amounts. Maybe that was a subconscious way of not making it too easy for anyone else to perfect their cornbread- the staple of country cooking????
Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season and look for our Christmas card in the mail!
jenn
Saturday, December 6, 2008
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