Happy New Year!

Emily made a party cake

Party-goers

Another Puzzle Victory

We got this one from Keith and Christina for Christmas.

Lazy Blogger

Check out RAK-KAK's blog for highlights from the weekend.

Surprise!

Mom, Dad, and Aunt Krystal showed up at my doorstep late Wednesday night. Emily and Andy arrive tomorrow and finally Chris gets in tomorrow night.

Lights!

On the way home from our McChristmas, we stopped to take in some of the Christmas scenery.

First McChristmas

The Bakers

The Finished Products

Chocolate Covered Chow Mein with Sprinkles

Christmas Wreaths

Snowflake Cut-Out Cookies

Penguins at the Beach

Chris worked into the wee hours of the morning and completed another favorite childhood puzzle, Penguins at the Beach. Erica watched, and by watched we mean slept on the couch.

We're Making a List and Checking it Twice

We are getting ready to do some holiday cookie making. So, we have been getting all of the recipes together and taking inventory of the kitchen. Chris is feeling overwhelmed already which means beer will be on our grocery list. Chris said if there is enough beer, he can get through it! ;)

Wine Time

Wanna guess who's gonna have a crazy Christmas? Chris and Erica! Four bottles of wine should just about do it :)

Anyway, one of the web sites that I check every week is Woot Wine. They have a week long wine deal that starts every Monday. Of course, the deal only lasts a week if the wine doesn't sell out. I had never bought wine from them until last week when they had a deal that I couldn't pass up. These four bottles came from a little California winery called Vino Noceto. Andy and Emily may remember that this is one of the wineries we visited earlier this year when Erica and I were out in Minden. It was the one with the Doggie Diner head. Here's a little reminder...

We got two bottles of 2005 Sangiovese, one bottle of 2004 Reserve Sangiovese, and a bottle of 2004 Ferrero Zinfandel. We really enjoyed the winery which has gotten rave reviews in the Woot Wine Community.

The wine wasn't actually my first purchase from Woot Wine. I got a nice decanter from them just before the wine deal came up. How perfect is that! Naturally, I had to head right out and get a cheap little wine rack to display the goods.

Now I just need to keep the wine rack full :)

Christmas Cards

The holiday greetings are rolling in. We got a batch of Christmas Cards in the mail today. I love getting mail and I especially love getting Christmas Cards!

We didn't plan on sending our own cards out this year. Maybe it can be a New Year's resolution for 2008...