Christmas Cheer and Almond Crunch bars

Hi there! This is Tammy. I hope you are all doing well!

‘Tis the night before Christmas Eve
and all through the house,
there’s not much a happenin’,
except for with my spouse…
He’s making me post this message on our blog,
when I’d rather be sleeping or drinking egg nog!
The kids are all nestled all snug on the floor, watching TV, and snacking,
could you ask for more?
We’re all waiting for Christmas excited as can be…
while presents wait for opening, all under our tree.
With carolers, hot chocolate, and raindrops galore;
the parties, and shopping, the visits and more;
we try to remember the reason we’re here–
for the birth of the Christchild which brings us good cheer.
We are so grateful for Christ…for the example he gave us, for the happiness He brings as we reach out to Him–He lifts us up to be complete, forgiven, peaceful, and happy!
We’ve had a great year and wish you all the best!
Here’s a recipe I thought I’d share which my mom makes every year. (I’m just about to make it for my neighbors)…
Almond Bark Crunch
3 cups of 3 kinds of cereals (Rice & Corn Chex, Golden Grahams, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, etc.–preferrably the square kinds) Total 9 cups of cereal
3 cups pretzels or chow mein noodles
3 cups pecans, honey coated peanuts or your favorite nuts
Melt a 1 1/2 lb. almond bark (or white chocolate) and pour over dry cereal. Mix well. (Can add m&m’s for color)
Enjoy!

Love, Tammy

Cool Christmas Story

December 18th

Less than a week before Christmas!! A friend of ours just sent us a story that we wanted to share with all of you…
It was the day after Christmas at a church in San Francisco. The pastorof the church was looking over the pulpit when he noticed that the babyJesus was missing from among the figures. He hurried outside and saw alittle boy with a red wagon, and in the wagon was the figure of thelittle infant Jesus.
So he walked up to the boy and said, “Well, where did you get yourpassenger, my fine friend?”
The little boy replied, “I got Him at church.”
“And why did you take Him?”
The boy explained, “Well, about a week before Christmas I prayed to thelittle Lord Jesus and I told Him if He would bring me a red wagon forChristmas I would give Him a ride around the block in it.”

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

Trying out for size

December 11th, 2007

Well, it’s that time of the year… Christmas… time for resolutions for 2008, and also time to try new things. For me it is about time for the Molina’s to get on cyberspace and try out writing a blog for size. With my new gig at Nike, we’ve been talking a lot about blogs, blogging, wikis, and all that stuff, so I thought I would give it a try. I guess in a couple of months we’ll figure out if this is the right thing for us or not. It is exciting but at the same time scary, mainly because we don’t know how long it takes to regularly populate the site… but since there are 7 of us in the family, and everybody can make a contribution here and there, I thought that this might work out. That plus the fact that I’m not really good at recordkeeping at home, so keeping a family journal here might be the way to get rid of the guilt of failing miserably at that :)
So, as you can see by the photo, we are set for Christmas to come and the kids are more than ready for the “jolly, round” guy to drop by for a visit and leave some “souvenirs.” Let’s hope they behave good enough to receive some good stuff…