Tradition

My Grandparents Francis and Annis Webb had a tradition of making chocolates at Christmas time. My great grandma Webb taught them how and they carried on the tradition. My Grandma would always make tons of them and then give them as Christmas gifts. Even though we lived in California she would send us a few boxes of chocolates each year at Christmas. A treasured gift that we always looked forward to. With 50+ grandchildren it is not logical to provide gifts but those chocolates sure made is feel loved and thought about. My favorite was always the peanut butter cups. YUM!


Well this year my Aunts Nancy and Loralie taught a few Webb cousins the art of chocolate making. We did not come close to mastering the art of chocolate making but it was tons of fun and though they didn't look great they sure did taste amazing.

My Aunt Nancy made the filling before hand so we spent today dipping everything. We dipped orange, lemon, mint, penuche, caramel, and rasberry filling.

Like I said they didn't look as good as my grandma's used to, but she had way more practice:)

Nancy taught us how to dip and then let us have at it. I am not sure why we say dipped because there really was no dipping.

Katie and Sharee trying trying their hand at the newly learned skill.

Me and Amanda. Amanda, Sam's wife, joined us as well. We were so glad.

While we were work'n' the chocolate we also took turns holding the cute babies. This is Sharee's daughter Maddie.

I did't get Murial's daughter but that is ok because she wearing a Utah outfit. I was bitter but since BYU won I am totally over it.

We also made Peacan Rolls.

We laughed a ton. Mostly at how awful they looked. It was so fun. We all wondered what Grandma would say of the mess we were making.

Loralie also taught us some tricks. Like how to keep the chocolate from dripping on the wax paper. I was not very good at that trick.

Murial came from Pocatello to make chocloates with us. Notice how hard we are concentrating when working.

Heather was quickly put in charge of labeling the each chocolate piece with a letter on top so they could be identified. She got this job because her chocolate letters were the most legible.

Three sisters hard at work.

Sharee rolling out some filling before we started to dip.

Liz came from Washington to learn the family trade.

Giving chocolate high fives. We deserved those on our second try at dipping because they looked much better.

And of corse we did tons of tasting.

Thanks for the memorable day ladies. I had a blast.