I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirl under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Monday, February 28, 2011

Mackley Annual Christmas Party 2010

Every year for our Christmas Eve Party we make Home made Cordon Bleu. It is to die for,... but gets fingers SUPER messy!
Mom's fingers look so gross! {It's the breading and egg for the cordon bleu!}


Sadly I didn't bet any picture of the dinner table. Right before we left the house to go up to the church, Bryson cut his fingers on the punch bowl. He went to lift it to bring to the car and the bottom of it fell out! He thought that it was a screw on bottom so he grabbed it to twist it back on and sliced across three of his fingers. His mom and Uncle "Butch" had to run him to the Insta Care to get stitches. Apparently when Mom and I were mixing the punch, The metal spoon we were stirring it with cracked the bottom, and when he picked it up the weight from the punch made it fall off. Poor thing! Mom's kitchen was a sight! There was punch EVERYWHERE! Even in the living room and in every drawer on the cupboards! Luckily Mom has her pink carpet and once she cleaned it, you couldn't see it! The rest of the night went great! The guys got to play basketball and then we opened presents. We all pitched in and got Mom a pink helmet! We thought it was pretty funny since she hit her head twice and gave her self a concussion so bad she had to be life flighted to the hospital in Salt Lake. Luckily, she thought it was funny too!

1 comments:

Elder Larkin said...

great pic of Mom's cordon bleu hands! Even though Bryson had the accident, we all still had a great time. this just makes a great memory to add to our family life.