Life is a journey.....

"It takes time to settle into a house, to learn to love it right, to make it feel homegrown." Janet S. Wong, Homegrown House

Monday, December 12, 2011

Our First Annual Holiday Party and Wine Exchange

We hosted a holiday party and wine exchange on Saturday night.  It was our first big party in our new house.  We had a great time catching up with friends!  Everyone brought a bottle of wine for a white elephant exchange.  A few bottles of wine went through a few hands as people were looking for their favorite wine or a new wine to try!  We ended up with a Michigan wine and I can't wait to try it!  I was so busy chatting and drinking that I didn't get any pictures, so bummed!  I did take a few of the house before everyone arrived.
We are headed into a busy week; Santa visit, 4 holiday parties, last week of school, volunteering, meetings, etc.  Hopefully all our shopping will be done by this weekend, we just have a few more things to pick up.





Sunday, December 4, 2011

The Busy Season has begun....

It has been a crazy couple of weeks and will probably continue to be crazy until January! 
We travelled to PA for Thanksgiving to spend a few days with N's family.  We had a great time doing a Turkey Trot 5K (we walked it!), eating lots of good food, playing at the local park, our semi annual visit to Overly's, and finishing off the visit with a trip to the Carnegie Science Center.  We will head back to PA in January to celebrate Christmas.
Now that Thanksgiving has passed we are busy with all the holiday events.  First up was a holiday festival at D's school.  She had so much time visiting with Santa, playing games, making crafts, and enjoying some pizza and a snow cone.  We absolutely love her school and all the activities they have going on.
We have spent the last several weeks trying to get the house decorated for Christmas.  We put up our old tree in the formal living room and got a new bigger tree for our great room.  We had fun decorating them both as well as the outside of our house.  We will put a few more finishing touches on the house and tree as we get ready to host a holiday party on Saturday.