Room for Dessert

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

New Year's Eve we hosted a party. We played games and ate. With the exception of the Murray's & Mark, we made it until 3:30. We played some mad Nert's!

New Year's Kiss

We look intoxicated, but it's only sparkling grape juice and the midnight hour.

Old folks don't usually stay up that late.

George, Leigh, Mark, Justin, Eliot...we shot off confetti.

Kim was there too, she was the photog.

Me and Ashley

Lucy's BFF

Copper and Lucy decided to go for a joy ride earlier this week.

Copper is the Capitol Heights Casanova...even though they've all been fixed,

all the neighborhood girls are crazy for Copper.

Our Official Christmas Picture

Justin's family joined us the Friday after Christmas. We celebrated with lots of food. Justin's mom is the dessert Queen. I know that I gain weight--I skipped weigh-in this week. After a tasty brunch we opened gifts. Justin's family has a special tradition when opening gifts...each person takes a turn, opening one gift at a time. Whether the consider it a tradition or not, I'm not sure, but I do. It allows you to get a good look at all the gifts and the joy that comes with each opening. It was good to have all of Justin's family. Kama and Stew even made it this time! We got to play a lot of games during our time together, which is so fun. Mr. Sidney and I didn't even trash talk once!!

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas...

No place like home for the holidays

Justin and I were excited to spend our first Christmas at home this year! My parents, sister and cousin Rachel all spent it together. It was a leisurely day. We spent most of it in our PJs!! We opened presents at our house and then strolled down to Leigh's for Christmas brunch. We played Beyond Balderdash (which I received for Christmas) for a few hours, forgetting what time it was. So we ended up eating a late supper. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

BTW- if you know how to create a collage, please let me know...even if I don't know who you are. It would save me a lot of time! Thanks!

Oh, yes, this was Lucy's first Christmas too! She loved her stocking full of goodies. She pulled out all her toys and goodies and lined them up in the living room. It was hilarious! She hasn't stopped playing with all her toys since.

my cherry pie...isn't it cute!

Birthday Boy

During all the craziness of the Christmas House Tour Justin celebrated his 26th birthday. Unfortunately I was not able to devote the amount of attention to the festivity that I normally do and did not make a cake. Instead, he had a cake from a local caterer that my sister one at the Church Christmas party. It was perfect timing. I got Justin a hammock he wanted. It's made of parachute material and meant to be used while you are hiking/camping wherever you would like it to go, such as over a cliff. Here we are trying it out. We weren't scared...we're pretty adventurous when it comes to outdoor activities...