This year Christmas was spent with family, both Nicholas' and part of mine. Lots of good food to be had, with the special cheese ball, Uncle John's pecan pie of deliciousness, my dad's Prime Rib, and fast disappearing but so crunchy good Aunt Carmen's peanut brittle. Surprisingly, not a lot of poundage accumulated thanks in part to the Wii!
From what I've come to understand from Nicholas' family and friends, Christmas isn't complete without the extra yummy ball of cheese painstakingly handcrafted by his childhood friend, Skitch. Painstakingly handcrafted as Skitch is not lactose friendly. But far worse off than myself. I enjoy the cheese - the tummy hurts afterward, but it is bearable and totally worth the deliciousness. Totally.
I totally forgot to post this last month! Nicholas and I met up with CJ and Jenny at the Renaissance Festival for their Halloween weekend. Since Jenny had her camera out and clickin, we let her do most of the photography. Turns out, not only can she shoot a camera, she's quite the bow and arrow champion. 
Pictures here... and here!
This was our tree from last year. Our white and purple Christmas tree. It just happens to be our favorite color. And last year there were tons of awesome purple ornaments on sale!
Since the holidays started, the picture's been getting lots of google hits. I guess purple's going to be the hot color again this year.
The year before, the stores were filled with black and silver - so we did black and red (Texas Tech colors). This year, I think we'll go back to the black and red. Or maybe more red than black. The stores always have red. A quick stop at Target over the Turkey break showed us that silvery blue is going to be in season this season. I love blue, but I don't think I have room for more ornaments
