Karen Holubek Photography

It Rocked!!  We had so much fun!  Seriously… the food was delish (Thank you Dave – he’s the new Chef at TW Boons!),  The Models were Gorgeous!  And… And… And… the videos were totally Fricking AmAzInG!!!  If you’ve not seen them on Facebook go NOW!!  The place was packed… standing room only!  The Pink Potion in the martini glasses – well that was a favorite as well!  Jake, my son, served himself up 3 or 4 and insisted “Mom, you’ve GOT to have one of these”!  His little fingers froze the entire night from holding his drink….and of course the sugar high hit once we arrived home! Lol!  Want to see the #1 video that opened the show?

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I absolutely love my Christmas card this year, and I think part of the reason is that is was a spur of the moment decision that worked out Wonderfully! So, yes, I was busy this December….. R-E-A-L-L-Y Busy, and know that next year I’ll start Christmas work, shopping, baking, wrapping, kid wrangling, etc much earlier (famous last words, right!), because this year everything landed me – BAM – all at once.

Caroline’s schedule was a big part of it all – please tell me how do you cart your children around and still manage to put dinner on the table. Well.. I guess I did have dinner… but it was mostly Chick-Fil-A, Migs, and frozen pizza! This was between theater performances, her piano recital and chorus performances – and I’m sure many of you do much more than this!

So, there i was December 17th without a Christmas card and not one creative idea and I knew how much trouble I would have with Jake who despises the camera, Caroline who tells everyone how to pose, me who has to make sure the lighting is just perfect and Hubie… well, he just wants to go fishing. How could I possibly get us dressed to perfection, find the a spot that would be awesome and make sure we all looked happy while freezing our %$# off outside! I was truly screaming inside. Then it was like floating feathers from heaven raining down on me, and a voice in my head saying…. shoot your legs, shoot your legs, SHOOT YOUR LEGS!!! Seriously, I didn’t even have to think twice -even when my sister called me wierd, my mom said “only you”, and my house keeper said “are you sure?”- This was an incredible idea and we were dressed, no hair fixing, no adjusting chins, or silly smiles, and Jake would not have to get dressed at all. (If you have a boy you soooo know what I’m dealing with here, lol).

Whew, I’m out of breath, but that’s how it went down. I set the camera on a tripod, adjusted the camera settings and pre-focused, then I showed Jake’s 2nd grade friend, Ryan, the button to press and ran to my spot. Wow, he’s good! Jake is yelling at him, but then again so was I… well not yelling, but he kept saying “Mrs. Karen, I don’t think your heads are showing” too funny! I assured him it was fine…..perfectly fine.

And my kids are so excited! It’s cookie day, and I’ll have you know right away we make gourmet cookies. Yes, these recipes have been handed my my (second mom) Aunt Corrie who is an awesome gourmet cook. Although I have several different Swiss recipes, we’ll be making Mailanderli and Spitzbuebe cookies today. Go look them up – YUUUMMMIIIEEE! Along with these we’ll make sausage balls and gingersnaps! Well, we’re hoping these gingersnaps will turn out better than the last ones where we added 1 1/4 CUPS of cinnamon rather than 1 1/4 teaspoons!!!

I love to bake with the kids, we laugh, mix and eat tons of dough! …. and, Yes my kitchen will be a disaster (I’m talking total train wreck with the flour) and my nerves will be shot, but it’s nothing that a little soap, water and wine won’t cure!