Mike's family throws two Thanksgiving parties each year, one on Wednesday and one on Thanksgiving day. This makes it easy to celebrate with both families each year. We spent Wednesday celebrating with the Zarbock family and eating so much delicious food! It's so nice to be able to devote whole days with our families on these fun holidays. We spent the evening going around the room saying different things we were grateful for, it's such a wonderful way to bond with family. On Thanksgiving day, we headed to my parent's house. We got the house all set up, cooked for hours and sat down to gobble everything up in minutes :) My grandparents were here, my Aunt Aimee and her family, and a few other family and friends. We made our traditional clam dip with chips, which we ate while staying up late to play Rook with my grandparents. We all went home and fell into our Thanksgiving food comas. Here is my parents Thanksgiving table:
Mike and I getting ready to eat all the yummy food:
Promptly after the Thanksgiving festivities, we set our Christmas decorations:
I love Christmas time the most, all the decorations, songs, family activities and cozy nights make it my favorite holiday.
We even got a stocking for little Max. Sadly, we sold Max right before Christmas. We felt horrible because we were never home and didn't have the time to train him and give him all the attention he deserved. It was hard, especially so close to Christmas. He went to a really loving home with two little girls who will just adore him and give him so much attention and love. We still miss him every now and then, but it's so nice knowing he's in a better home. Plus, I'm not cleaning up dog hair all the time :)
Every Christmas Eve, the extended Zarbock family gets together for a night full of good food, talents and beautiful music. Mike and I are enjoying the festivities:
We spent New Years with my family and friends. We played games, drank a lot of Martinelli's and laughed until midnight. A wonderful way to end 2010! 2011 is looking to be an interesting and promising year! Happy New Year everyone :)
If you got a weird message from someone you didn't know, it was me...logged into my sister's blog account. What I meant to say for me was that I want to be part of the Russell AND the Zarbock family, just like you...so ya. That'd be great. What do you say, we should plan Bear Lake again this Summer like we used to.
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