Kenny and Jeni Romney

Month Summary is coming soon!! When updated I will let everyone know.

Reed and Summer Romney

We had a vegetarian Thanksgiving!!!! Not by choice. We bought our Turkey a week before Thanksgiving and put it in the freezer. Summer insisted that I take the Turkey out and let it thaw on Monday. I insisted that we did not need to. I won the battle of insists and left the turkey in the freezer till the night before. You guys can guess what probably happened! To make a long story short we let the turkey cook for about 10 hours, and by 11:30 at night it still wasn’t done, so the next day we de-boned it and boiled the meat for another 30 minutes! I think I learned my lesson. Other than that dinner was great…we had mom’s yummy homemade stuffing and Summer’s homemade cranberry sauce. And to top everything off Summer made an awesome apple pie. That was our Thanksgiving. We hope you all had fun and were safe. Enjoy the holidays!

P.S. Dallin’s new thing is that he likes to sleep under his bed for his naps. He thinks its his cave.

Paula and Mike Nelson

November went quick as do all the months of this year. It was fun and busy as usual. The girls are finishing up their ballet class in the next couple of weeks. Their teacher told me that they are ready for the higher class beginning in January. She teaches a combined tap and ballet class and she says they are ready to take it. To told her I will plan on it after the baby is born and she said she figured that I was due around the end of January. I will plan to sign them up for the March class and that is when they will start the new one. They are not sure about the tap shoes, but I am sure when they begin the class they will love them. Joseph is doing well in school and at piano lessons. He has his Christmas recital this Saturday. He will be playing Angels We Have Heard on HIgh. He is excited and I am sure he will do a great job . We are looking forward to the performance. I met with his teacher for the parent teacher conference. He is doing well at school. They are taking the CSAPS this year so they are adapting for Joseph to take it with his writing challenges. He will dictate what the person will type on the computer and then he will take what is written and then put the punctuation in. He already does this on a daily basis with his teacher so it should work out well. We had a great time with mom and dad for Thanksgiving this year. They came in on Wednesday morning. We then went to Southlands for shopping and dad and the kids went to On the Border for lunch. We then got some birthday balloons and streamers for the girls birthday party. Mom and I did some cooking that night (mom doing most of it). Joseph slept over that night and then the kids went swimming the next morning. We had a great meal that afternoon and the kids loved spending time with gramps and grandma. The next day was the birthday celebration. We picked up the cake and then went to Chuck E Cheese and opened presents and blew out birthday candles. After, we went to Red Robin and enjoyed a great meal. Then we went back to the hotel and played kid games until bedtime. The girls slept over that night. On Saturday we put up the tree and the rest of the decorations for Christmas. It was a great weekend, Thanks mom and dad for all the great help. We really appreciate it.

David and Tiffany Steele

So Dave decided to tie a belt to the handle of our laundry basket and for our FHE activity we had "Laundry Basket Relays!"

Over Thanksgiving we went Mini Golfing with Grandma & Grandpa Steele

Letting our food digest after an awesome dinner!!!

Me& Dave.........Meagan & Ryan

Benjamin licking the beaters after we made whipping cream!

So November went really really really fast. Florida is actually getting cold....we have a freeze warning in effect tonight because it will get as low as 32 degrees.....We decorated for Christmas before we left for Turkey Day and Benjamin thought he needed to touch and hold everything that I took out of the boxes. Thanksgiving was fun with Dave's family. We went up on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and went to the temple in South Carolina with Dave's brother Jared. He got his mission call to LA California Spanish speaking and he reports to the MTC December 17th. So there is nothing else really to say just getting ready for Christmas now....hope everyone has a great Holiday. Love you all.

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls

INGREDIENTS
1 cup milk
1/3 cup butter
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/2 cup white sugar
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs

FILLING:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins

GLAZE:
1 teaspoon light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons half-and-half cream


DIRECTIONS
1.Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles, then remove from heat. Add the butter and stir until melted; let cool until lukewarm.

2.In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in the milk mixture. Add the sugar, 3 cups of flour, salt and eggs; stir well to combine. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, about 8 minutes.

3.Lightly oil a large mixing bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.

4.Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a 10x 14 inch rectangle. Lightly brush the far edge with water. In a small bowl combine the cinnamon and 3/4 cup brown sugar and sprinkle over the rectangles. Then sprinkle the raisins and chopped nuts over the dough. Roll up the dough into a log and seal the seam.

5.Cut the dough into 12 equal pieces; place the pieces in a greased 9x13 inch baking pan, or 12 inch deep dish pizza pan. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to rise overnight.

6.The next morning, preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Take the rolls out of the refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

7.Bake the rolls for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden. Meanwhile, combine the corn syrup with the vanilla in a small bowl. Whisk in the powdered sugar and enough cream to make a thick glaze; set aside. Drizzle the glaze over the rolls and serve warm.