Recovery from an amazing Christmas

Okay so i have sooo much to blog about today! First of all we had such an amazing Christmas i cannot even tell you how great it was. Christmas Eve Nic, Dom and I headed up to Nic's house to spend the night and day up at his house in Park City. Before that though we had a gift wrapping extravaganza and then headed up the mountain.

We had the best dinner. Brenda made this amazing prime rib, it was probably the best steak i have ever had in my life. It was such a great evening we had great food and great conversation. Nic's family is pretty incredible and i really do enjoy spending time with them. They made Dom and I feel so welcome and it meant a lot that they opened up their home to us for Christmas. So dinner was great then we got little Domi tucked into bed so that Santa could come! :) Dom made out like a bandit this year. He got a dog tent which is just perfect in size for him and then a sleeping bag and a camping chair to complete the whole ensemble. Not to mention a boat load of toys and clothes. Santa was good to Dom this year as I'm sure he will be every year. You should have seen him in the tent it was sooo cute. Lady even thought she would try it out. Every time Dom would go to bed she would get inside.

Anywho Christmas day was awesome too. Nic got me a new camera since mine has been giving me problems lately and we all know how much I LOVE to take pictures :) He also gave me various other fantastic gifts that i love! He spoiled me rotten he even gave me some really pretty jewelry from Mexico. I do have to add that Dave and Brenda got me (US) this awesome coffee pot that grinds and brews the coffee all in one. It is fabulous. For those of you that don't know i am a coffee fiend and it's amazing how grinding your own coffee can make a difference. So needless to say i am now in coffee lovers heaven.

Now let's talk about Nic's gifts, he got tons of cool camping stuff and one of them was a camp shower tent with a closet in it! Let's be honest that gift was really for me! Brenda is the best because she endured many years in the woods without those luxuries so I think she is trying to make my transition a little easier! ha ha ha! Anyway we are totally set to camp next year and i'm so excited to try out all the new stuff. He got a tent and camping chairs and all sorts of fun goodies.

It snowed so bad on Christmas and we weren't sure that Nic's family would be able to make it up for the day but mid afternoon everyone decided to brave it and headed up in the treacherous snow storm. IT was so much fun Jenn brought the kids up and we opened up the rest of the presents. Dom loves Jenn and her family so he had a blast hanging out with all of them. We ate some more great food and I'm pretty sure I've gained 10 lbs but it's the holidays right? All in all it was such a fun day and I'm so glad everyone else made it up to spend the day with us. I did miss my family a little but Nic's family is so great they made up for it. Dominik had a blast too! He really does love it up there and he loves to play with everyone.
The rest of the weekend did not disapoint either. Nic's friend Justin was in town so we all went out to spend time with him. It was really fun and it was good to see Justin. Saturday i had a Bachelorette party and Nic went to his friends Tina's for yet another Christmas party. Nic and I have had something goin on every weekend for the last 5 weeks. I've got to be honest i'm ready to RELAX! Little Dom left us Saturday morning to spend time with his dad and Grandma. I miss my little man when he goes and he will be gone for 5 days! :( We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that the New Year brings nothing but Blessings and Happiness everyones way!

What a wonderful Christmas

Happy Holidays!

Okay so i'm such a slacker and never post anything so i thought i'd better update everyone! First of all we had such an amazing weekend! The only thing missing was my sweet little boy who was spending the weekend with his dad. He has a double ear infection and the poor kid's eardrum ruptured so i've been worried sick all weekend. But we got him some medicine and he is doing much better!
The Holidays are my favorite time of year! Friday night some friends of mine cooked Nic and I a delicious italian dinner! We just talked and had some wine and relaxed. Then Saturday operation Christmas shopping began! We got up at 830 and it was snowing so we decided it was time to put my snow tires on my car! Then it was off to Cabella's for some shopping madness! :) All in all it was a productive day and we managed to get some gifts!
Then it was off to the Arnold Family Christmas party! I made my 7 layer dip which is basically the only dish i can make! :) And Nic created his new signature dish of Lil Smokies and BBQ sauce. I do have to say that they were quite delicous! My man is a fabulous cook! The Christmas party was SOOO much fun. The food was delicious and the company of course was fantastic. I do have to say that Nic has a great family. Fortunately i've met most of them thru camping so there weren't too many new faces. The party was at his sister Jenn's and her house is B E A U tiful. We had a white elephant exchange and it was the funniest thing ever. The gifts this year were supposed to be something from our homes. Nic got Depends (adult diapers) and i got some panty hose! It was quite entertaining.
Believe it or not we actually got some pictures of Nic's mom. For those of you that know Brenda she absolutely despises pictures. But thanks to some coaxing from Nic we managed to get some great shots of the family. I may get disowned for some that i posted so if i'm forced to take some down it's not my fault :)
After that Christmas party we went to another Christmas party for Nic's friends. It was really fun too. They had Santa there for the kids. I was really sad that Dom wasn't there for these parties but i do have to share him! :( Then Sunday i wrapped some gifts and then it was off to the mall for some more shopping! We didnt' really get much yesterday so we have to brave the crowds one more time before Christmas.
Domi returned home at 5 and so we went up to Nic's house for dinner with his parents. His mom made steak, potato's and some amazing spinach recipe she learned on Rachel Ray! Dom just loves it up there! HE loves Dave and Brenda and of course Lady. He is infatuated with her tail. Dinner was soo yummy and then we all watched a movie and then Nic taught me how to play poker. He even left Domi help it was the cutest thing ever. This weekend was so much fun. I enjoyed spending time with friends and family. We are so blessed to have such great people in our lives and i can't wait for all the memories we will all get to share together. I hope all of you are enjoying this Holiday season!

The Arnold Christmas Party

Family Christmas Pictures

Family Christmas Photo Shoot

So thanks to Nic's sweet sister Jenn for taking our Christmas pictures for our cards. She did such an amazing job and it meant so much that she took time out of her day to help us out. We headed up to Nic's house and managed to get some great pics of us in the yard. We even had Lady in a few of them and chose one with her in it for the Christmas cards. Thanks to Walmart.com i had my cards ready in an hour. Jenn was a little jealous cuz it took her longer to get hers :) Of course Nic hated the picture we chose but he said he didn't care so he's learning to love them! ha ha. Anyway thanks again Jenn! You are the best! We love ya.

Jeeping Photo Opp