First up - Christmas!
We spent our first Christmas in our new house this year and it was a great one. We had Henry's parents and sister Kat, my mom and her husband, cousin Matt and his parents Don and Caroline. It was a full house but we all had a lot of fun. There was some inclement weather and Kat's boyfriend had trouble getting here from Germany and Don and Caroline didn't make it home from Seattle until Christmas day.
On Christmas Eve, Matt and I made a big dinner. Matt had gone to Alaska last fall and came home with a lot of fish so we had delicious Alaskan fish, mushroom risotto and roasted asparagus. Yum! On Christmas Day, we got up and opened presents. With seven people giving and receiving presents, it wasn't long before the living room turned into a sea of wrapping paper!
Here is a picture pre-opening frenzy:
I don't think this picture fully captures just how many presents there were - but there were a lot. We also had Sirius, my mom's dog Cosmo, and Matt's new puppy Rowdy so our little house got a little crazy! But the good kind of crazy. :) Plus we all know I love an abundance of dogs.
For Christmas dinner, we had a Prime Rib (yum!), mashed potatoes, roasted Brussel's Sprouts and homemade canoli for dessert. Everyone was so helpful with cooking and cleanup and it really was a wonderful time.
For New Year's, Kat's and her boyfriend (Peter (who finally made it from Germany after two days of travelling!) were able to come back to Bozeman from Missoula and spend it with us and that was a lot of fun as well. Henry and I caught ourselves looking at our watches ant 9:30 and wondered if we were going to make it, but we did. :) We had a great sushi dinner (Peter's first time with sushi) and then were able to snag a couch at a bar so we didn't move for the rest of the night. It was great to ring in 2011 with family and friends! So far the year has been good to us and we're looking forward to seeing what else it has in store!
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