Friday, January 30, 2009

My Hubby is 29!

That's right....one year away from the big 3-0! Or as Eric also says, "I will continue to celebrate the anniversary of my 29th birthday." I think he had a pretty good birthday. His birthday was on a Sunday so we had church that day and then came home and he started prepping food. I cleaned and napped (uggh that cold and flu season). Eventually I was awake and mobile enough to help him some more prior to our guests arriving. We had Brent, Fran, Alicia, Jeff, Harmony, Akiya and Jessica over, which to date is our biggest dinner party yet. We had so much fun. Eric's baked beans were a hit. Can I just tell you that my husband is in love with his dutch oven and it really does make some pretty good baked beans. We also had BBQed bacon wrapped sirloin, chicken, salad, sourdough baguette, green salad and a blueberry cheesecake (compliments of Fran).

On a sentimental side, this was the first "birthday" Eric and I got to share together so it was really special. It's not the same when you are wishing your significant other "Happy Birthday" over the phone. So it was a good day for both of us and I am so grateful for the companionship of marriage. It is truly so much fun!

Starting the New Year Right

I have been a bit behind on the blogging as you can see but that I will try to get you up to speed. We are having a great start to our New Year. For New Year's Eve we had dinner with one of Eric's childhood friends, Chris, his wife Natalia and their new baby Nastasia. Dinner was awesome as Natalia made some traditional Russian cold salads common for holidays and Chris had gone pheasant hunting. It was so nice getting to spend time with this couple I have heard a lot about through Eric and seeing their joy at being new parents. I got to meet them for the first time at our wedding and Natalia was radiant with pregnancy. Later that night we headed to Jeff and Harmony's house for a small but intimate New Year's Party. Jessica and Akiya came with their little girl Indie as well. We played games, had a champagne toast, talked about what were thankful for in 2008 and the guys lit up a lot of fire works. Fortunately no wives were harmed in the taking of the photographs but as you can tell they had a lot of fun.