Holiday Cookie Exchange (More Cookies, Less Exchange)

As you well know by now, we love the holidays. Last night, we went to a Seattle Choral Company at a cathedral in the city. It was a lot of fun and just the right event to put us in a holiday state of mind!

Tonight we had some friends over to share holiday cookies. It was a very casual and "no stress" zone, since the holidays often tend to be overwhelming and busy. Before folks came over, I made some paper snowflakes to hang in our window. It seems like we - a city where it almost never snows - always get storm on the same day that I make my annual paper snowflakes. Well, tonight was no different.

You would think that two people from Montana/Wisconsin and upstate New York wouldn't marvel at snow, but get a light accumulation and we're out there taking pictures.

My garden is almost covered with the white stuff. I'm so excited!

Even the Christmas decorations can't escape the snow!

Now back to the cookie exchange. We made two different sweet treats and two of our friends brought some cookies to share. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your perspective), our friends are heading to Mexico tomorrow, so they didn't take many cookies with them. I think we're going to become popular neighbors in the next day or two.

Chinese Noodle Cookies

Almond Bark

Good Old Fashioned Peanut Butter and Hershey Kiss Cookies

Our "Fireplace"
We actually have a working fireplace, but since we live in a city, we don't use it even on cold nights. Instead we put candles in the space, which give it the same warm glow that a fire does but without the mess!

We hope you are warm and cozy wherever you are!