Starting Off Right

It's hard for us to think that the holiday have already came and went. It seems like we fell asleep one night, then boom, it was over! We enjoyed spending time with family and friends as well as enjoying some time off together.

We decorated the house, put up a tree, hung some stocking- in a bit un-traditional way-, decorated a ginger-bread house, had lights hung outside and even hung some mistletoe. It was quite festive here.

We hosted Christmas Eve dinner at our house with Sabrina's mom, brother and great grandma. Sabrina made homemade clam chowder and all the trimmings to go with it. We exchanged presents and enjoyed some quality family time.

On Christmas day, we took advatage of a morning together by watching some classic Christmas movies. Later that evening we headed over to Steve's mom's house to have Christmas dinner.

Our new year was spent making homemade pizza with our friends Josh and Des Bitterman. After chowing down, we spent the evening playing games and ringing in the New Year to the Times Square ball drop. It was a very relaxed and enjoyable time.

This year we decided to forgo exchanging gifts with one another. We had a few things we had been waiting to start on our house and decided to spend the money doing those things. We had a great time doing some much needed improvements to our bedroom. Stay tuned to see pictures of those!

The new year brings us wedding planning, dog training, exercise and enjoying the small things in life with one another. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Since we all know that time will escape us tomorrow, we'd like to extend our Happy Thanksgiving to everyone a day early.

We sincerely hope everyone has a great day and enjoys time with friends and family. We will be hosting Thanksgiving at our home this year. We are starting with the football game and snacks mid day, traditional dinner in the evening and of course followed by delicious desserts.

It we want to be truly honest, our house will be divided this year. Saints Vs. Cowboys... it's going to be intense! We all know who is going to take it though! ;)

We hope you are all Thankful, full and safe this holiday. Enjoy! ♥

Playing Catch Up::: Halloween

Halloween may not be the same when you are a grown adult compared to when you were a young kid, but we still managed to feel a bit of the magic this year. We picked out pumpkins on a cold, crisp day. We dug to the depths of the piles to find our perfect pumpkins, and even found a few miniature ones for the furry kids in our lives. We brought them home and adorned our front porch, just waiting for the right time to carve them.

When the carving night arrived, we had a blast trying to decide what would be carved into our pumpkins. It had been years since we both really sat down and carved a pumpkin so we got all the necessary tools and supplies, parked ourselves on the kitchen floor and began.

We even saved the seeds to try roasting this year!

We couldn't have been more pleased with our finished products!

On the day of Halloween, we made sure we had candy for any trick-or-treater's that would descend upon our house. And boy are we glad we did, we had a whopping 4 trick-or-treaters (all in one group). But it was exciting none the less. Maybe we'll have other Halloween adventures next year, perhaps making our own apple cider? Who knows...


Stay tuned for some of our most favorite Fall Recipes!

Better Late Then Never...

Mothers Day

We had a great get together for Mother's Day this year which included my mom, great grandma, brother as well as Steve's mom and grandpa. Quite the crew- let me tell you!

Both mom's and Grandmie enjoyed their gifts! 

My mom and Steve's grandpa took one of the CUTEST pictures I have seen in quite some time... I just had to share!

After a yummy meal, exchanging gifts and lots of chatting, we took some time to take a bunch of family snapshots.
 

Wonderful Mom's, Grandparents, Delicious food--if I do say so myself--great conversations, and lots of wonderful pictures to capture the memories of Mothers Day 2010.

Expect The Expected

I wish I could start out this blog with a fabulous report of my fantastically exciting holiday weekend, however I cannot. I won't lie to you, I had been looking forward to The 4th Of July for quite some time. There is something about BBQ's, beers and fireworks that makes me feel like the summer is finally off to a start. I did experience these things, however not quite as planned. I am not going to have a pity party about it, because frankly- it's over. Instead I am going to tell you that I am looking forward to a fun filled week. And introduce you to my mini-rant...

Let's begin with a question... Since when did it become ok to not act with others feelings in mind? Apparently I didn't get the memo that said, "People no longer have feelings, they don't care if you blow them off, they don't care if you are rude, they love to be walked all over, and totally dig it if you act like you never did any of these things." I wish I had gotten the memo, because I would have been properly warned, however I along with everyone else who did not receive this memo, have lived without the proper knowledge that my world is about to be turned into something that I, have in fact, decided never to be a part of-- and am proud of that fact. Get where I'm going here? I was raised with many thoughts placed into my head, but this one is the most important:: "Treat Others How You Wish To Be Treated." Am I the only one that was raised this way?! I sure hope not, but I am beginning to lose hope. Don't worry, I still intend to treat others fabulously, in hopes that I will soon be treated in that same sense. I have not given up all hope, and will never change who I am or how I am towards others.