A hearty Christmas salad

Consisting of:

Spring Mix

Roma Tomatoes

Avacados

Smoked turkey strips

Tuna

Hand roasted almonds

Cucumbers

Green and red peppers

Freshly grated parmesean cheese

Olive oil

Lime juice

Balsamic vinegar

Salt and pepper

As Rachel would say, "Yum-o!"

*Muchas gracias to mi FHE brother who inspired the making of this salad, to roomies who didn't complain about some of the burnt almonds, and to whoever left the beautiful red plate in our apartment.

Gratitude

If you could know the gratitude I feel right now for my Heavenly Father, my Savior, my mom and dad, my family, my testimony of this gospel, the gift of the Holy Ghost, my patriarchal blessing, the experiences and trials I have faced, the people I have met on my path in this life, the blessings of the priesthood, and the love I feel to be here, right now...

Sunset

Do you remember that AMAZING sunset during our family turkey bowl the day of Thanksgiving? I sure do.

Hershey's Kisses: Ingenuity

I think I might have found my favorite kind of candy-A Hershey's Kiss. Yum, yum, yummy! Thanks to Wikipedia I found a list of all the varieties of the Hershey's kiss. The ones in green are some of my favorites.

Milk Chocolate
Chocolate Mint
Double Fudge
Dulce de Leche
Caramel Filled
Peanut butter Filled
Dark Chocolate Cherry Cordial Creme Filled
Cherry Cordial Creme Filled
Hugs (a mixture of white chocolate and milk chocolate)
Milk Chocolate with Almonds
Rich Dark Chocolate
Strawberry Crème (white chocolate strawberry flavored-no filling)
Orange Crème (white chocolate orange flavored-no filling)
Double chocolate (dark and milk chocolate)
Milk Chocolate and vanilla
Coconut Crème (milk choloclate with coconut creme filling)
Dark Chocolate with Almonds
Toffee & almond
Kissables (mini candy-coated Kisses similar to M&M's)
Kisses mini cookies (varieties include regular, double chocolate, and confetti sprinkles)
Truffle (dark chocolate with milk chocolate cream filling)
Candy Cane Mint flavored (available for a limited time)
Special Dark Macadamia Nut [Mauna Loa]
Milk Chocolate Macadamia Nut
Special Dark Espresso (limited 100-year anniversary)
Special Dark Coffee
Caramel Creme (white chocolate caramel flavored)
Crunchy Caramel Creme (white chocolate caramel flavored with crunchy candy bits)
Dark Chocolate Raspberry
Dark Chocolate Strawberry
Dark Chocolate Orange
Extra Creamy
Neapolitan
Confetti (white chocolate with small candy sprinkles)
Chocolate Malt Crunch (malt flavored milk chocolate with crunchy candy bits)
Vanilla Creme (milk chocolate with a white vanilla flavored creme filling)
Candy Corn (white chocolate)
New York Cheesecake (Extra creamy milk chocolate with cheesecake flavored creme filling)
Toffee flavored Crunch (extra creamy milk chocolate with small toffee bits)
Hot Cocoa Creme (Milk chocolate with hot cocoa creme filling)
Mint Truffle (dark chocolate filled with a green "peppermint pattie" flavored mint creme)

Tis the Season to...

Go Ice Skating

Watch It's a Wonderful Life, make spiced cider.

Exchange gifts

Make Christmas Cookies for friends.

Find Mistletoe, hang it in our house and kiss under it.

Address and Mail Christmas Cards

Go to Borders and Pick out one new Christmas CD.

Go to The NutcrackerHandel's Messiah Sing Along

Leave out wooden shoes on December 5

Go see Nativity scenes

Make Thick Hot Chocolate and Homemade Marshmallows

Host a Christmas Sweater Party

Put up a ribbon sash for Christmas cards

Donate canned goods

Give neighbors a present

Put up a wreath

Make a Gingerbread house

Make a popcorn garland

Make hot chocolate and read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Sing (or listen) to favorite Christmas songs

Drive around to see neighborhood lights

Go out and see public light displays

Read Christmas story from the Bible and the Book of Mormon

Open a gift (new stocking or pajamas or pillowcase)

Make a family traditional dessert

Eat out at a festive restaurant

Go to a seasonal movie

Tell stories of childhood Christmas around the fire

Make decorative sugar cookies

Host a Christmas dessert party

Write out a Christ-centered goal to start early for the New Year

Have a movie party (classic Christmas clips)

Go to a Christmas Concert

Have a full traditional breakfast while listening to Christmas music