Our Weekend

Last weekend was jam packed with fun. Thursday morning my friend Misty took Christian and I to the Columbia Crest Winery so she could pick up some wine for a wedding she is in. And she has been telling me that they have the best wine she has ever tasted. So we went and I tasted it and actually liked it. I have never found a wine that I have liked before so I was very excited to find not one but 2 wines and bought a bottle of each. Maybe, since I am 29, my pallette has matured and I have finally developed a taste for it. I had to take tiny sips, while testing, because I am not a "drinker" and could already feel my head getting light.

The ladies that worked in the winery were so lovely. They doted on my little cutie (who wouldn't?) and told me that I reminded them of Drew Barrymore (I'll take that!) and that my beautiful friend Misty looked like Darrel Hannah??? I had to disagree on that one. When I think of Darrel Hannah (yes, I probably spelled her name wrong) I think of the Kill Bill movies and Misty looks nothing like that. Misty looks like Gweneth Paltrow~no joke. She is absolutely lovely. Anyway, I was also able to find some beautiful ornaments that I wanted to use for prizes for our Christmas Cookie Exchange Party.

Sabrina and Mason stayed with us on Thursday night. I made sure the guest bedroom was extracozy for them. They ate popcorn and watched The Santa Claus and then went to sleep.

Friday morning consisted of cartoons, hot cocoa, and LOTS of waffles. Sabrina and Mason love my waffles, which makes me feel pretty good. They played around until about 1 when their aunt Sherri picked them up to head to the theater.

This is how Emry feels about having company:

Once it was dark we all went to see the Festival of Lights in Hermiston. Wel love going to this each year and will probably go a few more times before the holiday season is over. We bundled up and I tried my best to take some pics of the lights and the kids but my camer (and skills) are lacking. We had fun though! Afterwards we went to Sherri's for hot cocoa and pie.


Look how lucky I am. He. Loves. Me. (dreamy sigh)

On Sunday, my mom and I hosted a Christmas Cookie Exchange Party that turned out to be a lot of fun. I made 6 dozen sugar cut-out cookies (from scratch) and they turned out pretty good (If I do say so myself). I was nervous because I had never made that particular kind of cookie before.

These are my sugar cookies.