Cousins Christmas!

Every year one weekend before Christmas we take

time to get together with just our favorite cousins. They

are the same age as my parents and the kids are all around

the same age so we have a great time. This year we did it 

last weekend and we made tons of food and drank tons 

of wine!

I decided to get a little Pinterest creative this year:

Via the Chalkboard Cheese tray tutorial 

found here.

I think mine turned out pretty good and I already

had the wood cutting board and just had to buy the

chalkboard spray paint!

My mom loves this as cheese and wine are most likely

her favorite combination of food and drink ever.

What do ya think?! Pretty neat, huh? It was a huge hit.

Then I decided to make the Pinterest White Chocolate

Cranberry Cream Cheese Snickerdoodles found here.

These cookies are SO good. And I don't even like cookies.

I also made these and took them to the nurses on the floor

I precepted on for my final semester. Let's just say they

didn't last long!

And even better- they are so easy to make. And yes,

because of this I have been hoarding the Betty Crocker

snickerdoodle mix.

Many thanks to my mom's fantastic mixer that Santa brought

her last year. This thing is amazing!

I like my cookies large, don't judge :)

Because my cookie scoop is so large these ended up taking

about 12-15 mins. But still turned out delicious! Making

them again for Christmas dinner this weekend.

Then I also made these: Peppermint Cupcakes.

These were a huge hit! They are delicious.

And I think they turned out pretty too :)

Then we also had Ham, Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes,

Garlic cheese biscuits, Green bean casserole and salad

for dinner! Yum!

Then after dinner it was Gingerbread house time!

I made the gingerbread tree! 

And no we did not make our gingerbread house

bases from scratch. Tried that one year and it was a major

FAIL. they ended up sliding all over the place. 

So this year they came pre-assembled from Target. Best

Invention ever!

Poor [JE] couldn't resist taking a huge bite out

of his house! hah.

 And a few more bites..

Daisy always finds someone to snuggle up to!

Finished products!

And here are the finished snickerdoodles! 

Have you had any family gatherings yet for Christmas?

We have tons more coming up this week! 

I love the Christmas season and I have been

having a great time decorating, shopping, and spending

time with family since school has ended.

I hope everyone else is having a great Holiday so far too!

xoxo,

Little Miss Southern Love