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Christmas 2011 Recap

Since the New Year has gifted me with a cold and conjunctivitis, among other things.. I will take this time to catch up on the holiday events 2011..

We had a holiday potluck and White Elephant gift exchange at work. Since it we rarely get together, it was nice to be hanging out, even if it was just at our lounge. Everyone from left to right: JB, Tyra, Corinne, Vicky, Ron, Brian, Joy, Me, Eun, Lisa, Jennifer, Arlene, Michelle, Carrie, and Tess. :)

In High School my girl friends and I called ourselves the Ghetto Girls. According to Marlaina, one of our classmates called the area where we hung out "the ghetto," and from that, the title was born. (For the record, there was nothing ghetto about our spot, nor was there anything ghetto about us. Pretty funny if you ask me.) This year we celebrated Ghetto Christmas for the first time in 8 years. 

We were able to catch up over a delicious dinner at Kate Mantili in Woodland Hills.

Then we headed back to our house to decorate our gingerbread men. As you can probably tell, we spent most of the night adding very detailed accessories to our men.

We also had our White Elephant gift exchange. Surprisingly there was a little bit of stealing gifts considering there are only 5 of us. :)

Here we are with our gifties and our honorary guest.

The official Ghetto Girl Christmas picture 2011. <3

After I spent Mama's birthday at Vegas, I headed over to Auntie Cayo's in Phoenix where we had a cute little Christmas.

 



And we had a yummy meal. Here's Niner's trout, cooked on a cedar plank and Auntie Cayo made an amazing stuffed banana squash that I need to prepare one day.

We were able to take advantage of our year pass and spend some time walking through the pretty Botanical Garden.





 And Niner and I made another trip to small Flagstaff which we just adore.
We ran into some snow on the way up!

We roamed the town.

The Weatherford Hotel was counting down to their pine cone drop for the New Year. 

We ended the night with dinner at the Lumberyard where Niner enjoyed some local brews.

Once again, I am a lucky girl to have spent the holidays with so many special people and doing the things I love. :)
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