Cranberry Holiday Slush

I tore this recipe out of a cooking magazine probably 10 years ago and finally tried it at Thanksgiving. It is definitely our new holiday favorite!
I usually just make 1/2 the recipe, and whenever we want some punch, we take it out of the fridge, scoop some with an ice cream scoop into our cups and pour Sprite over it.

Now if I was Pioneer Woman, I would have a few pictures of the ingredients and how to dump them into a bowl. But I think you can manage without pics for this one!

Cranberry Holiday Slush

3 cans (8 oz each) jellied cranberry sauce (not the sauce with whole cranberries in it)
2 cans (12 oz each) frozen lemonade concentrate
1 can (12 oz) frozen cran-apple juice concentrate (they didn't have this at Wal-Mart, so I just bought apple juice concentrate)
4 cups water
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
2 (2 liters each) bottles of Sprite

Mix everything but the sprite, cover and freeze at least 8 hours or overnight. Remove from fridge 45 minutes before serving.
For serving, combine equal parts slush and Sprite.

Our First Day of School!!!

August 17, 2009, marked a huge day as our firstborns headed off to Kindergarten. It was a horribly dark and rainy day so we didn't get any good outside pics.

Han's in Mrs. Boone's class. According to Han she's the best teachuh in the whole wide school.

Hud's got Mrs. Gray for his teacher. She is really sweet and he seems to have a lot of fun.

More catching up from this year....

In early August, Russ' dad treated the family to a two day trip to San Antonia and Sea World. We had a lot of fun with Pa Paw, Grandma Doris, Russ' sister, Susan and the cousins.

Here we are feeding the dolphins.

I made the girls matching dresses.

We had some Mexican food in downtown San Antonia.

Thanks Pa Paw! That was a blast!!

"Smile Josh!!"

Here's what you get when you tell Josh to smile... makes taking Christmas pics a challenge!! Notice Russ and I both have a hand on him.