Christmas=Chocolate

So I know that Christmas does not really equal chocolate however, in my household it is the only time of year I make the time to create with chocolate. I have dipped everything; candy canes, spoons for hot cocoa, goldfish, dried pears, marshmallows, nuts, caramels, and the list goes on. This year we tried peppermint bark. WOW, it is so good. I did a thin layer of milk chocolate, then a thin layer of white chocolate with ground peppermint mixed in. It was so good it overshadowed the other new creation of boysenberry chocolate I was also trying. I need to improve the looks of both, however the flavor was downright joyful! I can't wait to give it away.

I felt guilty

I know I am just as busy as all of you. I did not want to let November slip by without updating. We have been busy with school, work, and internships. Learning this new balancing act has become my new goal in life. On top of our school, work, and personal life, we have a church life that keeps us busy. I am the new 1st counselor in the Primary and Moroni is Ward mission leader. Yes we have had a busy November learning how to fit our callings into an already busy schedule. We are both very happy to serve the Lord in whatever way He will let us.
Additionally, my father's family had another death. My great Uncle Ken passed a few days before Thanksgiving. I have good memories of him and fishing on Canyon Lake. He was in his eighties and had been struggling for some time with health problems. I learned after the funeral that he had been on hospice for the last year. He'll be missed but I know he had a welcome from his parents on the other side of the veil.

Hot Tamales

Last night during priesthood session, after I got my reading done, my mother-in-law taught me how to fill and fold (wrap) tamales. So I was not making them all by myself, but I learned some of the process. I took some raw ones home and we cooked them during the last session of General Conference, then took them with us along with some beans and rice (which Moroni made) over to my grandfather's house. It was a great meal and boy were those tamales spicy. I'm not just saying that because everything is spicy to me, but Moroni felt the heat in a bite or two himself.
I love General Conference too but that's a posting for another time.