It's Christmas!!

I am so excited we put up our Christmas tree finally! We left our lights and star for the top at home but it still turned out way cute! I decided we would start a tradition of having donuts and hot chocolate when we decorated our trees. West Virigina doesn't sell yummy donuts so we tried a new recipe that was supposed to taste like Krispy Kremes. Jake was skeptical and kept saying he would rather have popcorn but I was determined to eat a donut... it has been so long! So the recipe said to heat the oil to 350 degrees but niether of us knew how hot that would be on the stove so we just turned it on high. After a few minutes I dropped the first donut in and it instantly turned black. It started smoking and suddenly there was a fire!! The smoke detectors were going crazy and all we could see was smoke! It was pretty intense but luckily the fire went out when I turned the stove down and then we had to open all the windows (even though we were already freezing cold!) and fan the smoke out. The funniest part was Jake had mentioned to our nieghbor that I was making donuts so we would bring him over some and I guess he was getting ansy because right when the smoke detectors stopped he rang our bell and starting asking how the donuts went but just starting laughing when he saw all the smoke. Luckily once the oil cooled down I totally redeemed myself and made the most delicous donuts we have eaten in a LONG time! Our nieghbor was a bit hesitant to try them but after the first bite he stuffed the rest of the donut in his mouth and said he was very surprised at how good they were!