December started off normal, good snow storms, new snow tires, nothing too exciting. Mid-December we celebrated Vinny's 24th Birthday, big crowd: Charlie, Britney, me and Vinny. We went to dinner at Outback Steakhouse, dessert from Dairy Queen and then came home and he opened his presents. He is used to celebrating his birthday without much 'fanfare' so I doubt he minded having such a low key affair. I took some pictures of him opening presents because, well, that's what I do!
On December 15th we flew to Boise so that we could celebrate Thanksgiving, Vinny's Birthday and Christmas. We titled this holiday, Happy Chrisgiving. The trip was WAY too short but we had a very nice time. Lots of games, visiting and celebrations. Thursday we had dinner with a group of people from work which was nice. There were a lot of people there so I felt like I didn't get to talk to everyone but it was very nice to see them again. Friday was Christmas at my Dad's house. Everyone was there, Pattie, Matthew, Dad, Matt, Hilary, Jay, Rayn and Gavyn. We enjoyed a delicious dinner and opened presents. I got to hold my adorable nephew all night and play with Rayn. They are great kids and I can't wait for Rayn to be our flower girl in May. Saturday we had Chrisgiving at my Mom's house with Mom, Grandma, Ashley, Justin and Vinny and I. We had the traditional Thanksgiving that we missed out on this year..it was sooooo yummy. Then we opened presents and played Pictionary. Sunday we left very early and I was terribly sad all over again. Hopefully I will get to visit again soon.
Christmas in Burnsville was pretty uneventful. I woke up early and made breakfast then we opened our gifts. I was spoiled as usual, Vinny should win an award for the best male gift shopper! I then called everyone in Boise and that was definitely hard. All in all we had a good day but it was hard being away from home for the first year.
New Year's Eve was EXTREMELY uneventful. We sat around in our jammies, watched You've Got Mail, Dick Clark's Rockin New Years Eve and played Vinny's new CSI game (which sucks in case you thought about buying it!).
Until Next time...and Happy New Year to everyone!!
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Happy New Year!
December was over in the blink of an eye. Vinny's 24th Birthday, our trip to Boise, and Christmas were all the events in December. We had a great month all together and of course there are tons of pictures and some news as well.
2006 is here and that means it is officially our wedding year! Getting down to the dirty details now, less than 5 months to go! AND we will be attending Anthony and Kathy's wedding next weekend, what an exciting year for us Maroun brides! I'm sure I will have tons of pictures of their wedding weekend as well next update.
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