Jan
13
We decided to continue the tradition we started last year, of having a holiday baking party with our best friends Amy & Andrew and Betsy & Justin (Justin wasn’t able to attend last year or this year, but I have faith that he’ll show up one of these years). Just some laughs, food, drinks and baking my favorite holiday cookie-chewy chocolate gingerbread!
I made us cider smashes! My new favorite Bourbon drink! It’s bourbon, sparkling cider and fresh lemon juice-very tasty! And oh so pretty with a slice of apple for garnish!
It was switched from a late night to dinner time party semi-last minute so we opted for some yummy frozen pizzas!
Betsy brought a crudité platter and Amy & Andrew brought a big salad!
I realize that I didn’t get any pictures of Josh or of Betsy. Sorry guys! I think I was a tad too tipsy to remember to take very many photos and apparently to get my camera settings right. All of my photos ended up a little blurred. Ooops!
Thanks for coming friends! I had a great time!
Dec
28
As usual we spent Christmas Eve with my Dad and his side of the family.
We went to my Dad’s house in the afternoon for drinks, appetizers, and gift exchanging.
The gifts were mostly wine and gift cards! The best kinds! Except for Eleanor, of course!
She got an awesome Tinkerbell doll, which she is already obsessed with! And a rad Tinkerbell backpack!
After my Dad’s we headed to my Aunt’s house for dinner with the extended family. I managed to get my cousins to wrangle all their girls together for a second-cousins photo! It took forever to get them all together. The bigger girls were very cooperative, but Eleanor and Mia (who is just 4 months older that Eleanor) were partners in crime and kept escaping every time we put them in place!
We had to take a separate boys second-cousins photo because it was so difficult to get the girls to cooperate.
Until this visit Eleanor and Mia had pretty much ignored each other at every family function. Christmas Eve they finally discovered each other and immediately became the very best of friends!
