Christmas Baking with Friends

Why bake alone when you can do it with friends??

Last night, Joann and I baked with Sarah in her kitchen while J and Sarah's hubby, Zak, played the Xbox 360 (of course!).

Toffee Bars & Hershey Kiss Cookies



Citrus Sugar Cookies



Chocolate Covered Pretzels



And here is my Snickerdoodle Disaster!!! We think the baking soda was old and didn't activate. :( SAD!



And here we are!

Cheese Tasting GTG

16 of my friends and I got together in November at Angela's house in Vallejo for a yummy cheese-tasting, wine-drinking, dessert-eating get together! Here are some photos of the food and festivities:







I brought the 2 kinds of Gouda shown here:


We made these by hand! (see below)










Before the actual tasting, Joann, Tiffany & I went to Sarah's house to make tortilla chips to bring along!! With Sarah's hubby, Zak, supervising... We managed not to burn down the place. :) Who knew he was an expert in all things fried??







Vince the Prince supervised, too!


Oh and we can't forget when Dan and Nacho (the doggie) dropped Char off for the carpool. How cute is little Nacho puppy?!