It has been a strange year with all this COVID-19 stuff going on, and Christmas wasn’t any exception. Up until Monday the 21st, we weren’t even sure we were going to do anything for Christmas, but ultimately we decided to have a small gathering with my Dad on Christmas Eve and April’s Mom and Sister…
Christmas 2019
We hosted Christmas at our house this year. In attendance were Chris, April, Carissa, Carleigh, Casey, Kurt, Melanie, Ashton, Briella, Brent, and Cathy. I made my roast beef in the oven roaster (see recipe for notes), my macaroni and cheese, corn souffle, glazed carrots, 2 packages of Nickels Brown and Serve Rolls, and glazed sweet…
Christmas 2016
We once again hosted Christmas at our house this year. In attendance were Chris, April, Carissa, Carleigh, Kurt, Melanie, Ashton, Briella, Brent, and Cathy. I made a spiral ham, Grandma Studer’s noodles, mashed potatoes (3 large cartons of Bob Evans, heated in the crock pot about 2 hours prior, needed to heat on high because…
Carissa’s 15th BD Party
Party was today from 1:00 PM until about 5:00 PM. It was originally supposed to be yesterday because Carissa and I will be leaving for CA a few days from her actual birthday. The weather didn’t cooperate and we had to move it to today and her and some friends went to Polaris Fashion Place…
Carleigh’s 8th BD Party
Party was Sat, 8 Aug 2015 at 4:00. Carleigh wanted a taco bar so we based our food on what was used for Carissa’s taco bar, and the fact that we thought there would be more people here. It turned out we had too much food. In attendance was Chris, April, Carissa, Carleigh, Buzz, Cynthia,…
Carleigh’s 7th Birthday Party
Party was yesterday from 4PM until whenever. There were 25 adults, 3 Teens, 16 kids and 1 baby. We estimated 40 people for figuring food and that number was pretty dead on. Carleigh wanted a Frozen Movie themed party and chose Chinese food for her meal. April worked with No. 1 Chinese Food in Strasburg…