Christmas Cookies

I made the snicker doodles!Jessie made the cookies with the Hershey kisses on them!
I was trying to be discrete when nursing Ella...
Icing and decorating away!!!
The winning cookie...it is supposed to be reminiscent of someone...can you guess???
It's Dirty C!!!!
All of the cookies...
And more cookies....
Grandma Judy bought Ella a special outfit for the occasion, it had gingerbread men on it! It was adorable!!

Grandpa Jim holding Ella while the women slaved away in the kitchen!

Ella already trying to learn to bake...what a little over achiever!
All of the McGrath girls!
Jessie with her "portraits in cookie" of each of us!


Last year, Judy, Jessie, Grandma Hughes and I got together at Judy's house to bake Christmas cookie, and boy did we!! Jessie swore after last year that she may be late to every baking party because that was far too much work. So this year Judy had done most of the baking before we got there, and unfortunately Grandma Hughes wasn't able to be there...but we had a ball!! We made so many cookies! Ella was such a good girl the whole time, Grandpa Jim just held her and only gave her up when she needed to eat and have a diaper change.
Jessie and I usually ice all of the sugar cookies, and last year we had a contest on whose cookie would be decorated the best, and we let all of the guys be the judge. I can't remember who won last year, but Jessie was defiantly the winner this year! Here are some pictures from the day....and the winning cookie!