Holiday Rewind 2: Christmas with the Roehm's

On December 27th we headed across the state to Portage, MI for Christmas with Travis' family.  His brother Tyler was in town from Texas (funny how both the brothers ended up in Texas!) and we have a great time giving gifts, seeing movies, and playing games.

Seeing a tree lit up and stockings on the mantle never gets old... no matter how old WE are!

Trav's mom Kim was VERY excited to get "Peter and the Wolf" on CD.

I got some really pretty silver jewelry from an artisan in Arizona!

Trav and Tyler got these beautiful cutting boards... I think they also came from Arizona?

We got Tyler a crock pot and crock pot cookbook.  We couldn't LIVE without our crockpot in the Winter months!

The kids gifted the parents with a gift certificate to their favorite restaurant in St. Thomas to use when they vacation there this Spring.

Fun stockings filled with treats!

We enjoyed a delicious meal of baked spaghetti with the extended family.

Oh, and Bella was festive as always in a red bow!

 

Trav's family are all Seinfeld buffs so we played their new DVD Scene It Seinfeld game.  I never really watched the show - so I just operated the remote!  : )

Grandma Roehm knitted me these slippers... she knits the BEST slippers!  I need to have her show me how to make them.  So cozy!

It was a lovely time!

Wrapping up the holidays...

... it's finally here.  The official end of the holidays for us.  Travis goes back to work tomorrow and I have about a week and a half until classes start again.  The tree is down and the decorations are packed up.  It's refreshing and sad all at the same time.  I'm ready to forge into 2010, but we've had such lovely holidays this year and great times together that I will miss that everyday couple time with the hubby!

This past weekend we've soaked in the time relaxing together at home.  We did a little puzzling...

We took a nap or two... (because puzzling is such hard work!)

 

And we tried out the nifty little slider maker that Travis got for Christmas.  Little burgers are so much cuter than big ones!

Oh, and we tried to go see a movie.  TRIED to.  We both really want to see The Blind Side but we got to the theatre and it was just NUTS!  It took forever to find a parking spot, and then the ticket line was out the door!  We gave up and plan on going tomorrow night instead.  Hopefully it will be a lot less busy!

Speaking of movies... did you see any good ones over the holidays?  We went to see Invictus with Trav's family and it was FABULOUS.  I highly recommend it!

For those of you milking the last few hours of the holidays like we are... Happy Sunday and ENJOY!

Happy New Year!

How has 2010 been so far?

We had a great new year's eve... the best I've ever had in fact.  Alison & Noah, and Heather, Anthony, and Lily came over for snacks and drinks before we headed out for dinner.  Afterward... Alison, Noah, Travis and I checked out some live music at a bar down the street and counted down to midnight there.  We then headed home for champagne and games.  What a wonderful evening!

Stay tuned for Christmas pictures... I swear they're coming!  Until then, Happy 2010!

Ornament Exchange

Every Christmas, Cindy and I exchange ornaments.  It's a really sweet tradition that I'm very thankful for.  This year we went out to breakfast and did our exchange there.  It was a fun morning of catching up!

Thanks, Cindy!  For this lovely tradition that we share!

Roehm Hill Christmas 2009

For the second year in a row, we got together with the Hill Family to celebrate the season.  Heather and I met while working for the YMCA three (or so?) years ago and over the years Travis and I have become very close with Heather and her husband Anthony and with their kids Mariah, Anthony, and Lily.

It is SO much fun getting together with them for Christmas.  Something about watching kids open presents is just wonderful.  I especially enjoy our time together at this time of year.

This year we celebrated at Heather and Anthony's home, and feasted on chili and cornbread and an array of cookies and sweet treats.

 I spy a kitty cat!

There were gifts for everyone!

We got Lily a mini Bella!

Travis loves his bloody mary's!

And I was REALLY excited about this punch!  Yup, I'm a crafty dork!

The boys got each other the same thing!

 

We ended the night with a rousing game of Pictionary Man.  Soooo fun!  Thanks so much, Hill's for having us over!