Christmas Cookies!

Going back in time a week or so, you would have found us feverishly baking our nine different types of Christmas cookies and sweets. It was a two-and-a-half-day (and evening) baking extravaganza. My old back was tired from standing by the end of the cookie-baking marathon, but the kids and I had a ball.

On the 23rd, Joe joined us in delivering cookies -- despite the winter travel advisory.

These photos provide a little peek at our annual cookie-baking fest.

For those of you who received cookie platters, I hope you don't cringe at the covered-with-chocolate-kids who obviously had their fingers (washed, of course) all over the goodies. ;)