Best Sister EVER!

So Christmas will go a little differently this year...Karen & Parker will be in Burney with my Dad, my mom is coming to visit me in SF & oh yeah meet Jason's parents for the 1st time.

All this talk about the parents meeting, it's enough to get me feeling nervous...But as I overheard Jason telling a friend on the phone, "they're all nice people, it's going to be great!"

The hardest part of Christmas will actually be not seeing my favorite nephew in the whole wide world. The 2nd hardest will be not spending time with my sister. My sister is a superstar & it won't feel right waking up Christmas morning without the 2 of them!

Since we won't get to spend the holiday together my sister had a beautiful bouquet sent for Jason & I to enjoy. Of course it doesn't come close to having them here, but it IS gorgeous! So here on display are: the bouquet & that oh so cute nephew of mine....

Season's Greetings

With so many of our good friends showing up on our doorstep for our holiday shin dig, in the middle of the "worst storm of the season!" Jason & I felt VERY lucky.

Lucky to have such great friends, lucky to have a great place to host them & most of all lucky that we didn't have to be the ones out there braving the rain & wind! (j/k =)

People came for the eggnog, but stayed for the peppermint martinis! Thanks to everyone that was able to make it, we missed those that could not.

The polaroids were a hit, thank you VERY much for helping us decorate the tree this year & making it ALOT more interesting!

Next year we promise more beer & KAROAKE!

This feels surreal!

Did I mention I went for the very 1st time ever wedding dress shopping over the T-day holiday!? Boy what an adventure, 1st there's the UNDERGARMENTS! then the overgarments! Initially while it all felt quite strange (the attention, the beautiful gowns you've only seen in magazines..) I felt at ease after a very short time (of course this surprised no one) If it hadn't been for the girl right next door getting a big share of my customer service, I think the whole thing would have been splendid! Gotta tell you though, the whole experience felt like visiting a foreign land for the 1st time, you've READ about it, you've SEEN PICTURES, but it's NOTHING like the REAL thing... Luckily I had a supportive entourage of bridesmaids, maids of honor & the mother of the bride! We even threw a man in there for good measure (don't worry he DIDN'T stay long) While I can't show you any of the dresses I tried on that day (lest I choose one of them & cause myself bad luck) I can show a few of the attendees...

If only I had more time....

Since that seems to be my life motto anyways, I have a feeling this year is going to be a whole lot of that and then some. You know the thing that REALLY seems to slow me down...TECHNOLOGY. The very word sends chills down my spine. While Becky did J & I a great service by helping us start up our very own blog, I am DROWNING in technical terms trying to figure out how to change the odds & ends on my template...if anyone can offer any help PLEASE send the love!!! If only I had paid more attention in my computer classes....

So, while Jason is studying for boards this weekend, I am wrapping up loose ends on our engagement announcements.... This of course takes the place of something I REALLY need to do: which is study my case presentations for the academy oral exams in exactly 1 week!!!

Ok Krista NO MORE PROCRASTINATION!!

Can't wait for next Sunday!!!