Sunday, January 25, 2009

Christmas 2008

Christmas is always great when its filled with friends and family, no matter how hectic it can get. We had a wonderful holiday, starting with our traditional Christmas Eve dinner at our house, followed by a birthday celebration and a visit from our good friends, Rob and Maria, from D.C. My sister-in-law and I share the same birthday, born in the same year, born hours apart, so we always celebrate together the day after Christmas. Our actual birthday is on December 27th. Our totally awesome friends from D.C. came to visit a few days after Christmas and stayed through New Year's. We made a trip up to Gainesville and they brought their gorgeous puppy, conveniently named Gator, and stopped into the old stomping ground, the Swamp (Gator stadium), to make a few really fun pics. We followed that up with a few beers on the patio at the "other Swamp" on a completely perfect winter day.

We'll start with a handful of pics from Christmas Eve. I always make the Barefoot Contessa's Beef Bourguignon, its an amazing recipe! Dessert was a Dark Chocolate Tart with Gingersnap Crust and Crystallized Ginger. DELISH!

Next up was the Birthday celebration! Amaretto mousse cake was divine!


Rob, Maria and Gator girl taking in the great light at the Swamp! Take notice of the orange and blue reflected in Gator's eyes, perfect for a true Gator fan!

Maria and I bask in the awesome crisp winter weather, check out the skies above!

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