A Night on the Town

Saturday night was Lowell's Company Christmas Party. You see, it was supposed to take place the weekend of the huge snow storm, blogged about here, and was rescheduled.

It was fun getting all snazzied up and heading out.

This year's theme was "The Love Boat" so we were greeted by the Captain of the ship on stilts...with a variety of food around the room resembling the many options on a cruise ship.

And of course, there was a photographer....

A Boy and His Burgers

Recently I was uploading our Christmas pictures to the computer and came across these gems:

Lowell and his In-N-Out.

Please note that one of those shakes was mine. :)

You see, we have tried Five Guys and while their fries are better...the burgers and shakes at In-N-Out rock our socks. (Plus Five Guys doesn't carry milkshakes - what type of burger place is that?!?) It had been a year since Lowell's last encounter with his favorite place. Upon booking our tickets to travel west, Lowell immediately informed his family that our first stop was In-N-Out. Sure enough we got off the plane and headed straight over.

That was the first of our four visits in 3 days time.

I think he was in heaven.

In fact, this was his facebook status:

Dear In-N-Out: I have missed you. Thank you for being you. Thank you for thrashing any artificial "relevance" carried by Five Guys or anything like unto it. One bite, one gulp, and I remembered why I fell for you in the first place. Happy New Year, my dear friend.

Sincerely, Lowell

Finished Projects

So, I started the month of December in an ambitious fashion. I was going to make several sets of Christmas blocks for gifts, an ornament wreath, goodies to take around to ward members... you get the picture. Morning sickness was practically gone and I was going to take advantage of my newfound energy. That is until the hulabuloo that is December started.

The Blocks: My friend Becky and I have been meaning to reinstate our weekly craft group - oh lets say for a year now. We decided Christmas blocks would be great and her father-in-law was willing to use some wood he had and cut them for us. I asked for three sets to spell the word "Believe" and one set for the word "Joy." The blocks were cut and delivered prior to Thanksgiving. Yet, lack of time prevented me from finishing ONE set until right before the holiday. That one set is darn cute though.
I now have two other sets of empty blocks waiting to be decorated - any ideas?

The Wreath: My door around the holidays has been pretty sparse the past few years. I came across an ornament wreath and thought it would be the perfect solution. Early in the month I found the perfect ornaments - on sale - at Target. Finding a wreath base took a week or so as December began ticking away. Finally, I started my wreath, only to find that I didn't have enough ornaments. Sadly, the ornaments were no longer on sale. New plan: put ribbon around the edges. Finding the perfect ribbon was not an easy task and Christmas was fast approaching. So, flying out on December 24th - my wreath was left laying the corner of my living room and my front door was bare. The day after Christmas I braved Target, and found my ornaments on clearance. I was also braved traveled with glass ornaments, in checked luggage, across the country. We only had one casualty and today - yes January 18th, I finally completed my wreath. I think it still needs some tweaking, but it is done - I even had the foresight to buy a wreath storage box on clearance. Happy day!


Mental Note: Next year, start Christmas projects start earlier.