Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years was wonderful. Joel and I were surrounded by family and friends and it was truly lovely. As always my mom and I cooked and baked way too much. We are still finishing off baked goods and things like that.
Thanksgiving was fun. It was our first full day back from Europe. While in Europe I was having niece and nephew withdrawal, so I was able to spend time with them just as soon as I got home. We ate so much and watched FOOTBALL (we missed Football so much while we were away)!!
Thanksgiving Pics!
Christmas eve was really nice. We had friends over for food, desserts etc. We sang carols and my dad read the Christmas story. Christmas Day was amazing as usual. It was so much fun to be with everyone and watch people open their gifts and watch the children play and fight over their gifts. :-) Our tree was stuffed (mostly for the kids)!! However, it seems that every year Joel always gets EVERYTHING from his Christmas list. I don't know how he does it. :-) We had our Christmas dinner catered by Nisa (the women who catered my bridal shower). It was incredibly YUMMY!!
Christmas Pics!
In my family, New Years Eve usually consisted of awesome snacks and watching the ball drop on TV as my mom made fun of the people who were actually in Times Square. Every year she tries to convince us that watching it at home is better than being there. Since I've never been there...I don't really have a stand on it. Last year, we had a college reunion at our place for. It was fun and exhausting. This year Joel and I stayed with the fam. We played games, watched movies, watched the ball drop, and ATE. On New Years Day all the family came over. We had a nice dinner and spent a lot of time together. New Years Day Pics!
(my poor dog)Well that was basically my holidays. Tons of family and food. It was awesome!!!
.....My next post...Joel's 25th Birthday...
