Christmas Preparations Part 2

Dear Readers,

The past week as been very, very, busy. But it has been a great blessing and a blast!!
This past Wednesday we had Sydnie, Hannah, and Liz (Caleb's girlfriend) over to make christmas treats!! YUMMY!!!!

All the supplies for the delicious treats

Bethany melting chocolate.... yum!!!!

The two nuts lol these two were the life of the party! lol

spreading the peppermint bark

Liz stirring the chocolate.

Everyone working together

samoa balls! *sigh* sooooooooo good!!!

Homemade chocolate kisses!

Pecan turtles!

All the goodies!

In the end we had Cracker Candy, Oreo truffles, chocolate truffles, samoa balls, pecan turtles, sugared pecans, holiday cookies and all very DELICIOUS!!! We all had a wonderful time and I hope that everyone will like it!

On a totally different note....... A good friend of the family got married this past weekend!!! Miss. Elizabeth Huendo married Mr. Cory Spiers! We got to Spruce Pine, NC on Thursday and helped with the decor which was totally fun!!!

Getting ready to hoist up the canopy of snow flakes and tulle!

We decorated everything with silver and white accents it was truly a winter wonderland! It was gorgeous!!!

Aaro, Victoria, and I before the ceremony

The gorgeous bride with her parents

I thought it was so cool how she had her brothers stand at the end of the

aisle and kiss her and then go stand with the groomsmen! It was really sweet!

Can I open my eyes yet?!?!? LOL

Mr. & Mrs. Cory Spiers!!! <3

All the flower girls and boys

Bethany had the honor of being in the wedding, she looked beautiful!

Aaron and His brother Parker were able to come with us and we had a Blast!!! So, anyway this was the adorable couple on the wedding day!

Well, there's a little of what we've been doing, and I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have writing about it! What have you been doing for Christmas?!?! I'd love to hear from you!! May ya'll have a Merry Christmas and may we all remember the reason for the season! May you be richly blessed as we all celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Your Friend,

Haviland~

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