Okay, I have definitely been missing in action here on the blog… So sorry.     But, I do have a pretty good excuse! I have been sick. Yes, sadly I have been a little under the weather and just haven’t felt like doing much of anything. Thankfully, I am feeling a lot better now, and hope to get completely well very soon.  My Dad always says that being sick is good for you, it makes you appreciate good health. And well, I couldn’t agree with you more Dad!

This week I hope to get some shoots blogged that are long past due. Till then, I bring you Miscellaneous Monday!

This weekend I went to my Grandparents house for our annual “Candy Day”. For years now, MawMaw has had us all up to her house for a day of making homemade candy during the Christmas season. When I say “us all” that means only the girls, the boys always had their time at Thanksgiving. She started this when I was very young (I am the oldest grandchild) and had no idea that we would continue coming every year even after growing up and having our own kids.  We all used to spend the night, but now only the un-married ones spend the night and the rest of us come up first thing in the morning. We first eat breakfast, then we have an apron exchange, then while sporting our new aprons we get to the business of making candy!  It is a day we all look forward too and we feel incredibly lucky to have grandparents who go to all the trouble and time it takes to do something like this. Thank you Poppa and MawMaw! I’d like to say I have tons of pictures to share with you, but, since I did not feel good I ended up taking only a couple of pictures and then ended up leaving a little early… but here are two I did take:

First, Poppa and MawMaw making us all breakfast… nothing like Poppa’s hot pancakes! Yum!

Then this little guy got to come hang with all the girls because he is just a baby! (you may remember Jax from a few different posts in the past…)

That is it, I know, only enough to make you mad! I normally would have pictures of us in our aprons, cooking, the finished candy, all kinds of stuff! I’ll try to do better next year.

Happy Monday Ya’ll!