There have been a lot of changes in our family this year.  I have two living Grandmothers.  I know!  How blessed am I?!  One moved in with me and the other had to go to an assisted living home.  That is not the same as a nursing home.  Well, she is the one who used to make our Christmas's BIG!  And I mean HUGE!  It would take us hours and hours to open gifts, there was so much food that we were all miserable, and the candy could last all year.

Candy, what memories of all the wonderful stuff she made!  I have a sister in Utah who can not come home for Christmas due to her husbands work schedule and the expense of flying or driving four across the country in this economy.  Grandma never failed to include her in the holidays.  She would pack up a box of candy and gifts and mail them to her and her family.  This year though Grandma can't make candy.  So I have decided to pick up the baton and run with it.  Some traditions are just meant to be carried on.  After all I am the oldest grandchild (ha!  child, now that is funny!).  I love to bake and cook in general so this can't be too bad!

So the journey has begun.  First I started with peanut clusters because they are the easiest.  Bah-Bah helped a me get them spooned out on the wax paper before they began to set up.  Some are really big because she got carried away.  I spent an entire Saturday and most of Sunday making several variaties of cookies and candies.  I will be posting recipes and pictures soon.  Here are pictures of all that I completed.