Friestad Family Christmas fun!

Here's a glimpse into my family's Christmas fun... enjoy!

Christmas 2008 from Kjaere Friestad on Vimeo.

Giving Thanks...

I miss my family...
I talk to them all the time...
I see some sort of arrangment of them at least every few months...
I see my Farmor and Farfar all the time...
But this is the first Thanksgiving without them... and suddenly I'm all emo about it.
I don't think it helps that I'm house sitting and all alone on Thankgiving Eve.
I am looking forward to Thanksgiving with the Hillners, the Joens, Kim, and her man...

So... to make things a little better, I endevored, all by myself, for the first time ever, to make a few of my families traditional things... 

These 2 things have always been present at every Thanksgiving I can ever remember... 

and so I give you...

 

The Friestad Family Bran Muffins

(ok... forget any ideas you have about Bran Muffins... these sucka's are AMAZING!

And since the recipe was for The FAMILY proportion, I have plenty of extra batter to make you some, just let me know)

 

The Friestad Family Triple layer Jello

(Ok... so I think the green was supposed to stay on the top, but it sunk to layer 2, but there's still 3 layers, right? And that middle/1st layer is full of yummy goodness)

Thank You Jesus for family, friends, and Good Food... 

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Fire alert...

My Dad just called me on his way home from work because there is a fire near our home in Northern California. Please pray! This is a heavily wooded area and this is the home I grew up in. My Dad, Stepmom, and Stepsister live there.


**UPDATE: I believe the fire is contained as of 4pm this afternoon and my family is safe

Expected...

Oh my sweet, loving, little, conniving, 19-year old sister...
She means well.... but all this hype from her about something "unexpected"... well...

My Dad and StepMom came, we had a nice dinner, we walked on the Goleta Pier (where I took this awful picture of the 3 of us!)

... and my Dad gives me 3 things from Nichole:

A Starbuck's card, a Journal, and a box of something called "Monkey Bread"... that's it... that was my sister's big surprise?
She wanted to bless me, which she did, but she could have made it a little less dramatic and stressful to me!

I had a rad and blessed time with my parents. My Dad told me he was proud of me, which was super sweet. And they are going to throw down a little money so Dawn and Tyler don't kick me out of the house for being delinquent with my rent ;-)