Christmas With the Fudge Family 2012

Allendale Christmas Parade!

Last Friday the Salkehatchie admissions office got to participate in the Allendale Christmas Parade! This was the first Christmas parade and the first float I've ever been in. It was a lot of fun but it was really cold! At least it only lasted for about 20 minutes... one of the fastest parades I've ever seen in my life.

Enjoy the Pictures!

Go USC Salkehatchie! Go Indians!

Office Christmas Party!

When I started working at USC Salkehatchie, committees were already chosen, but I really wanted to help with one of them. My good friend Katina was on the Christmas committee so I thought "yay! I can help her with Christmas stuff. I'm good at creative things." So I volunteered and it was so much fun! I was in charge of crafts and the "photo booth". We had a great time. Here are some pictures from last night. 

The Christmas Tree and appetizers

Our purdy centerpieces

Mike and Harriet and Joey and Leslie making ornaments in the Craft room

Holiday Photo Booth Fun!

LOL

Me & Carmen

Me, Amanda, Carmen, Hattie, and Georgeanne

Me & Katina

Craftaholics Handmade Craft Exchange Winter 2012

Everyone's stomachs are full of turkey, Christmas lights are going up, Christmas trees are getting strapped to the cars, bells are ringing in front of stores, all the radio stations are playing Christmas songs, and it's not even December yet. This can only mean one thing! It's time for the Craftaholics Anonymous Winter Handmade Gift Exchange! YAY! This year I was paired with Jacquelyn from North Dakota. I asked a lot of questions through Elfster to get to know her a little better and thankfully she responded to all of them. That really helped me get all my ducks in a row for her special gift. She told me that "I'm a movie watcher! I love a good book but with two kids, I normally have to wait for the movie!" So I thought it was be really cool to give her a bag full of goodies for a family movie/ game night! Here are some pictures of all the goodies that she and her family get to enjoy this holiday season! 

Fruit Roll-ups, Gourmet Popcorn, Popcorn boxes, milky way minis, hot chocolate, bookmarks, hair pins, a dice game (found in online here), and a super cute feather ornament to go on their Christmas tree.

Close up of the ornament, I LOVE how they turned out!

Close up of the movie night bag!

So there you go! I hope you LOVE everything Jacquelyn! I had so much fun making this for you. 

Have a Happy Holiday!

Happy Thanksgiving 2012!

Happy Thanksgiving 2012! We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner with Jeremy's side of the family here in Bamberg. Jeremy actually made an Apple Spice cake all by himself (with icing!) and it was fantastic! And he told me he couldn't cook for all those years.... I know better now. haha. 

way too early...but at least he has his monkey mug!

haha...Jeremy's so half asleep. I love that face!

The beautiful table

These were used as soup bowls! How cool is that?

My Beautiful Flower Arrangement. I did it all by myself.

Jeremy's Picture with Terrance the Turkey

Gotta have a picture with Terrance!

WOOOT! TURKEY TIME!

We Hope everyone had a wonderful Turkey Day! Now it's time to switch gears into Christmas! I know! Can you believe it's that time already!! What happened to 2012?

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

This is one of my favorite fall recipes! I posted this last year and had to re-post. Enjoy!!

 PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Ingredients:
1 and 2/3 cup of all purpose flour
1 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of pumpkin spice
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
mix all of the above into one bowl
2 large eggs
1 cup of plain pumpkin (Libby's or something similar)
1/2 cup of melted butter
1 cup of milk chocolate chips
mix this part into another bowl
Then mix both bowls together and spoon into muffin pan.
Bake on 350 degrees for 30 minutes