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<\/a><\/p>\nEvery holiday season my husband carries on my Grandmother’s fruitcake baking tradition.\u00a0 He really seems to get in to it, suprisingly.\u00a0 My Dad always has a lot to say about the fruitcake…too much of this or too little of that.\u00a0 In the last few years, he gave Randy the stamp of approval.\u00a0 He had the recipe just <\/em>right.\u00a0 This year is like starting all over.\u00a0 Randy’s crinkled-up piece of paper that holds the precise ingredients that took years to perfect has gone missing…it’s packed up in a box from our move!\u00a0 So he found a brand new recipe and is ready to be critiqued! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Here are a few shots of the bakers in the kitchen.<\/p>\n Here they are getting down to business….<\/p>\n Later in the evening (because Randy insists that we go in the dark to see the lights!) we made our annual trek to see the National Christmas tree.\u00a0 It’s such a scenic ride, with views of the Jefferson Memorial, National Monument, the Kennedy Center, Watergate and the Pentagon along the way.\u00a0 It was cold as usual, but we braved it.\u00a0 Even little Nathaniel.<\/p>\n There was a lot of ornament-making action this weekend too.\u00a0 Here are some wired stars…these are heavy and would be nice to just hang here and there around the house.\u00a0 The one with the mega amount of wire is Randy’s….he couldn’t stop wrapping that wire around, and around, and around….\u00a0and said it was a great stress reliever.\u00a0 Must….keep….wrapping….wire….until this thing looks like a mummy!<\/p>\n Here are the kid’s herd of reindeer magnets and ornaments….<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n