Visit to Arizona

Last weekend I visited Laura in Chandler, AZ. My godson Andrew celebrated his 3rd birthday with his friend RT and I was able to go to the party. Laura, Jen and I went to dinner and then to see P.S. I Love You...have to love those Irish guys! The next day Laura and I relaxed at the spa and then had Mexican food and saw The Golden Compass. It was great relaxing, seeing the Vehrings, and meeting Andrew's cousin Adalyn for the first time.

Chatter's First Christmas

Chatter had a blast with her new stuffy from Santa. She carried it everywhere and loved making it squeak! She also had a great time with Claire and Charlotte and their cousins. They got her to jump up on their laps and snuggle. Who can resist that face!

Christmas Dinner

This Christmas Nick and I decided to have an intimate dinner party for some of our friends. We served champagne with cheese and bread for appetizers (compliments of Andrew) and honeybaked ham with veggie side dishes for dinner. Kathy brought two pumpkin chiffon pies for dessert and even made fresh whipped cream. Kassey was a last minute addition because of her change in travel plans which meant we also got to have her brie and pesto dip :)

After dinner our guests opened their gold wrapped "gifties" and somehow the evening morphed it's way into a dance party...maybe it was one of Kimia's playlists--on that new ipod of hers--that really got the party started. Chatter jumped in the pool--in solidarity with Kathy...a.k.a. the life of the party...and Rich locked himself in Daisy's cage in order to behave himself.

All in all it was a great time and worth all the effort during this busy holiday season :)