2009 Holiday Season is almost over!

As you can probably tell by my lack of posts, this has been a busy month. Decorating, xmas parties, baking and cooking..... shopping, packaging and wrapping..... schmoozing, drinking, eating, sleeping.....and currently, trying to fight a bad cold. Yeah, all the stress and lack of sleep has caught up to me yet again. I was sick before Thanksgiving, and now I'm sick before New Year's! Oh joy!

Needless to say however, this holiday was busy, yet different obviously. I was somewhat dreading it because of the changes and not being able to stick with tradition. But that was probably a good thing. Casey and I created a lot of new memories and experiences together with both of our families and friends.

We hosted 3 xmas parties and were able to use a lot of our wedding gifts for the first time!

Here is our beautiful table set with our new china, wine glasses, silverware, linens and vase.

I just love our china.

And with dinner parties comes a huge kitchen mess....in a tiny kitchen! Luckily for me, Casey was so sweet to clean this up (he felt guilty for burning my hand while we were prepping for dinner......damn gravy!)

So while it was great to host parties, it was nice to spend time with family as well and indulge in holiday treats and pastimes.

We were spoiled again by both families and received many wonderful gifts. Even a total surprise gift of a professional wedding album done by our photographer. It's absolutely stunning (even though I have already looked at these pictures like a million times.) It's still priceless.

Casey, Alisha, Mom and Jason on Christmas Day at the Maguires

Ice skating at Casey's work....the three of us couldn't stop laughing...or falling!

Hope you had a happy holiday with family and friends. I promise to blog more often this upcoming year.....there will be one more blog post in 2009. One full of memories.