Christmas 2008

We spent Christmas morning with my family - breakfast was amazing! Here's a picture of my sister with her new fiancé!



Christmas is certainly the time to focus on the younger members of the family - here's Aiden with Grandpa and Ardie after playing with his new Polar Express Train!



Then we went to Ardie's parent's house for lunch - we were certainly od'ing on the food! Here's me with Shadi and Nikou:



And all of us at the table:



Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Christmas Eve 2008

We spent Christmas Eve at Bita and Ramin's house, and had such a good time - and what great food! We made sure to take a ton of pictures...here's my fav of Ramin, Bita and Saam!



And my favorite of Ardie and me...



Shadi and Saam:



And all of us before eating a fabulous dinner!

Truckee for the Day

Ardie and I decided to go to Truckee for the day...and it was so much fun. We don't get much time just the two of us (sounds crazy, but it's true!), so it was great having that time with each other.

Our first trip was to Scrap for some treats for Indy:



And then it was all about us - hello, wine tasting...

What a handsome hubby...

Me in my new NF jacket and rainboots!

And this was what it was like for us on the way back to Folsom - can you say "snow"?

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Patrick & Bobbin's Wedding

Our friends Patrick & Bobbin got married today - what an awesome ceremony... They got married outside their restaurant - Mulvaney's B&L, and the weather was just perfect.



The decorations were amazing inside - and so was the food (of course!)...



Us with Bobbin - what a gorgeous bride!



Congratulations to such a wonderful couple!

Halloween Party

We got invited to a fun adult party the next night - and Ardie and I went as Anthony and Cleopatra:

Dee and Josh as the messed-up Britany Spears and K-Fed:

Sisters hamming it up for the camera!

And girls just having fun...

Halloween 2008

So this Halloween we had a really full house! The cats already know the drill - sit in the window, and great all the TOT's... Here's Bogle wearing the Scaredy Cat Ribbons that I got them from the craft store:

And Indy was happy to answer the door with us, and hand out the candy - she even liked her pumpkin t-shirt!

We set out a bunch of food with a fun little menu:

Ardie and sweet Indy...gotta hold her in your arms while we still can!!!

And me with Noghle - it was a fun little night, and hopefully next year we have more trick-or-treaters!

Playing in the Backyard

Indy is adjusting to life at our house so well...it's only been a week! Ardie and I have both had dogs, so we know how lucky we are to have Indy and her great little personality...



So we took her out in the backyard for a little one-on-one w/Dad while I took pictures...



Mom, these are what real abs look like. (And BTW, you need a pedicure.)



Snoozing with one of her favorite toys...Mr. Moose!