A Christopher Christmas

Drew and I hosted our parents and Kristina this past Saturday for a mini pre-Christmas gathering at our house in Richmond. We missed Ryan but he was attending his office holiday celebration in Philadelphia (lucky him!). Drew grilled steaks, veggies, chicken and shrimp, Kris made awesome bruschetta, I made homemade pesto and feta pasta salad, momma j brought her awesome rolls, and mom and dad mascelli brought cheesecake covered with fruit for dessert. We also had great wine and some limoncello thanks to Drew at the end of the night. Drew and I had a wonderful time with our family and hope to continue the pre-Christmas dinner tradition. Gia also had a fabulous time getting extra treats from everyone. Christmas has officially begun!

Here are some pics-

Tacky Christmas at the Findley Farm

Sorry it has been a couple of weeks since we last posted a blog entry. We are finally done Christmas shopping and now have a few minutes to update everyone on what we've been doing.

First up is Stephanie and Matt Findley's Tacky Christmas Party which was held the weekend of Dec. 8 at their home in Harrisonburg VA near JMU. The Findley's are our great friends and were both in our wedding. Matt and Drew met at Virginia Tech and were fraternity brothers. As girlfriends of fraternity brothers, Stephanie and I formed a great friendship which has only strengthened throughout the years. Stephanie and Matt have a beautiful 1 and a half year old daughter Mailee, who Drew and I are the godparents of, and the Findley's really do live on a farm with cows, chickens, dogs, cats and other critters.

The party lasted from Friday to Sunday. Thank goodness their home is large and can sleep all 25 or so of us! We were able to catch up with great friends and sport the tackiest Christmas outfits in south western Virginia. Please pay close attention to Drew's hair- I thought his costume ranked among the best and so did everyone else as he tied Hunter for third place!


Enjoy the pics-






Mailee and I

Mailee chewing on the Dora phone we gave her.

Pug Play Group

Sorry for the delay in posts- I was sick all weekend but am finally starting to feel better. I've been laying low trying to get better but I did want to make sure I shared pics from Gia's first pug play group at a Richmond dog park this past Saturday. She made lots of friends and Drew and I got a kick out of all of the snorting that took place. Here are some pics of the adorable little guys-

Gia is the one drinking-

I also had to throw in this cute one of Gia chewing her bone (and Drew's legs - ha!)