Seafood Celebration

Our holiday posts are a bit out of order but I wanted to link you to one of our awesome New Year's parties. We had quite a few holiday parties and enjoyed every one of them. This party was one of our tastiest. Hopefully Megan won't mind my linking to their blog. I failed to take pictures of this fun lobster and prime rib evening.

I think I may yet become a New Englander. I have now developed the taste for seafood. Lobster on New Years and last night for Mike's birthday we had scallops and shrimp. Wow. Delicious.

(Don't get me wrong--I still love you Minnesota, and I still miss my family that lives there, and I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Twins and the Vikings.) But New England does have a lot to offer. In fact, it will be offering up plenty of snow over the next few days. Definitely something the two states have in common.

All Dressed Up

. . . And someplace to go. Michael's work party was at the Boston Public Library. Delicious food, beautiful venue, and a chance to wear something nice.

The Perfect Tree

Like last year we went to Houde's Christmas farm to cut down our own tree. This year Geoffrey was a bit more excited. See link for a slightly different picture of the boy.

The girls thought this tree would be a good one. Clearly it got vetoed.

But we did eventually find the perfect tree. Geoffrey cut down the tree and the girls carried it to the car.

This tree actually turned out to be one of our favorite trees. We enjoyed it the whole Christmas season. We were sad to see it go.

Reagan's 5th Birthday

Reagan chose an under-the-sea party for her birthday. So we decorated the basement for an under the sea paradise with balloons, streamers, and fish all over; played fishy games; searched for sunken treasure; and ate goldfish and birthday cake. Reagan and her friends had a great time and Reagan is very aware that turning five means Kindergarten is almost here.

Why I Didn't Send Christmas Cards

The plan was to take a great picture of the kids and somehow find time to write a Christmas letter, address the envelopes, and send off the perfect card that would of course show everyone how amazing our family is. Achievements, Activities, Vacations--all the braggable bits. Well I failed somewhere around the first task. Take a great picture of the kids. Here are just a few of my attempts. If you click on them you will see some rather humorous faces.

This last one wasn't too bad and I was determined to just use this photo for the card. At least everyone was looking at the camera and smiling, and no one looked possessed.

Unfortunately, step two involved my finding enough time to write the Christmas card. That never happened. Why didn't I have enough time? I think it is because my family is just so AMAZING I just couldn't tear myself away from them long enough to send out the perfect Christmas card. See now you are all jealous. An amazing family AND I saved tons of non available time NOT sending Christmas cards. Hope your Christmas was a merry one--ours was of course, amazing.