Jenny Snyder

I was cleaning out my email today and found these pictures in my draft folder - I'm not sure who I was sending them to or when they were taken, but they sure are cute.  I do remember us being amazed that Kieran and Fletch were laying on Kieran's sleeping bag together... and noticing that their had been a turning point in their relationship.

  

After much anticipation, we finally bought new furniture for the man room today!  First our ottoman suffered a slow, painful death... then couch began getting disemboweled (mind you, this was 10 year old furniture that had seen its share of post-college living, so it was time for it to go... the dogs just sped up the process).  Once we found a new set that we fell in love with, we said goodbye and spent the day flipping the room.

Here's the new set, along with an accent rug we really liked:

 

We rearranged the room a little so that the new settee and ottoman face the Nintendo Wii - which were behind me as I was taking the picture.  I actually played with the Wii for the first time tonight and LOVED it!  I tried bowling and tennis and loved both, but really got hooked on tennis... I wanted to beat Kev at just one game, but no luck yet.  I'll keep trying; I definitely came close!

The folks at Damn I Like That posted this sexy little number today.  I love love love hats... and this is by far one of the hottest fedoras I have ever seen - it makes me want to drink dry martinis and listen to old scratch Frank Sinatra albums.  Can you imagine this with a white button down, a couple of long strands of pearls, and a great pair of boyfriend jeans?

And, side note, the folks at Banana Republic did an amazing job on the model's eye make up - love the use of grey/silver with the grey fedora!

 

Way to go.  I've let almost 3 weeks go by since I've blogged about Christmas.

Here's the rundown, with pictures:

The Tuesday/Wednesday before, Dave & Brooke came through on their way from Tampa to Pittsburgh for an overnight stop.  Dinner, drinks, shopping, good buys, and fun times were had.

Christmas Eve brought wrapping, unwrapping, and car packing for a trip to Raleigh the next day.  Rowdy, at this point, had taken over the Christmas tree skirt as his own bed.  No point in arguing... it was a losing battle.  Pirate dogs always win.

 

 Fletch's new winter hoody.  Nice that he's bored to sleep.

 

 Rowdy's new bed also doubles for present storage.

Christmas Day we trekked to Raleigh and took up camp at Mom's.  We spent the afternoon and evening with Mom and Granny eating, opening presents, napping, eating, and eating.  Good grief... I love going home to my mom's for holidays!

The next day, Kevin was excited to wake up and go straight to Golfsmith (a golf superstore that a friend of mine runs that, as of right now, hasn't come to Charlotte) for after Christmas sales.  And you thought I was the only shopper under our roof!??!  Later that evening, we went to visit our friends, Steve and Ann to watch the second installment of Narnia.  As a reminder, these are our friends that have the HUGE swing in the backyard that I posted a video of a few weeks ago.  Well, Steve talked Kevin into doing it in the dark this time.  Dark.  And upside down.  And closing his eyes.  I just stood on the porch and prayed.

Saturday, we headed out early, but took our usual stop to see little Braxton, baby Annalise, Jim, and Erica.  I think Kevin and Braxton are new BFFs.  Braxton got a puppet show tent for Xmas and he and Kevin were inside playing... when I tried to go in, Braxton said "no girls allowed".  I've been ousted from the club.  Kevin says he'd have a human baby now if it would come out Braxton's age (which is about 2 1/2 yrs) - I reminded him that would be a little painful on my end, but a lovely thought.  I, on the other hand, enjoyed time holding and bouncing baby Annalise (who has just turned 2 months).  I kinda like 'em that size.  They're just so soft and squishy!

We got home Saturday afternoon in time to clean up, unpack, and prep for Brooke & Dave, who were coming back through for the night, and our friends Kara and Bryant to come over for post-holiday munchies and drinks. The guys couldn't pull themselves away from the shuffleboard table most of the night (which is great, because that's probably the 4th time we've ever used it!), and Brooke was the most excellent Arnold Palmer maker (lemonade & sweet tea vodka).

     

We had a wonderful holiday 2008 season.  It was relaxing.... filled with fun and memorable moments of our close friends and family... and special moments with our little family.  And now we're ready to kick off 2009!