Christmas with the Bensons

Who knew carrots could taste so good?

Christmas dinner with Nana and GaGa is always a treat. The menu was roasted carrots, creamed spinach, mashed potatoes, and pork tenderloin with a Gorgonzola cream sauce. Absolutely mouth watering, oh my goodness, delicious! And for dessert a Hummingbird cake. This was a new recipe for Lynn. It tasted very much like banana bread with a orange cream frosting. I am not looking forward to the scales at my Jan. 5 appointment:) This was Dave's china when he was a little boy. So sweet to see Caroline eat off the very same plate.Thanks Nana! I have not stopped playing with my pram baby doll stroller.
I snapped this just in time to catch that precious hand on the hip! Caroline "helped" GaGa open his owl ornament. He and Caroline love to talk about birds, and animals and listen for the friendly neighborhood owl that says who who!

Thanks Nana for my silver ornament. An angel is pretty fitting for me this year.

Thanks for my tri-cycle

Yep GaGA it's an open IPAD all for you!!! Now the question is will you use it?This was her face the whole night!!!!!!!!!!

Nana's beautiful tree! And so thankful we were all healthy and happy and able to be together. Ever since I started dating Dave, I have enjoyed Christmas with them so much. They make it special...the food, the presents. I can tell Lynn puts a lot of love in it. And as a daughter-in-law, I appreciate it very much!

She LOVES this thing!!! A FUR REAL PET given by Aunt Jackie!!! It's the only dog she has bless her little heart. The next day Nana even bought her a bed at Pet Smart...a cat bed to be exact with a water bowl. She holds it, loves it, calls it, and feeds it too.

Taste of Dickey's

Our good friends Allison and Kent opened a restaurant Dickey's BBQ and we were finally able to eat there today. The food was great! Well-priced, good service, casual and clean atmosphere made for a nice dining experience. It has been open now for about 2 months I'm guessing and we wish them all the best. The restaurant was packed when we there and hope it continues. If you're around the Kennesaw area, I recommend swinging in for a good, inexpensive meal!!

We would have gone up sooner, but when you work during the week, time off is not that often and it is hard fitting everything in to the weekend. This worked out perfect. I was off and was able to take pumpkin up for a little BBQ! Fun relaxing day....now ready for Santa!!!!!!

Aunt Jackie gave Caroline this Raggedy Ann doll and Reagan has one too! Who knew the love of this doll? I guess I should have known because if it has a face...she loves it.

The food was so yummy!! Great job Kent. We really enjoyed it!!

Chirstmas Break Fun!

Christmas Cookies. Unlike Lynn and my Mom, cooking is well a challenge for me. Maybe because I don't do it enough. Here the cookies are struggling a bit. I should have made the icing thicker....
Looking for the dog Toby...."I'm so scared, Mommy!" Toby is there very large but pretty golden retriever. As noted above, precious doesn't have much experience with big pets and fear is well apparent just look at the face! And you know what, I guess Mom secretly gets scared too!! Bahahaha

Reagan and Caroline playing chase....sweet babies!