girls christmas party.

every year me and my closest girl friends (minus 1)

get together for a little Christmas party.

we cook, drink a little wine, and have a gift exchange.

there is normally a theme, but this year we kind of ran out of time.

my chance we almost all ended up in pajamas

with the exception of Mel. haha.

it is one of my favorite things about Christmas,

and i hope we are able to continue the

tradition over the years to come.

family party.

so it is tradition at our house to have a family party for each birthday.

it is probably one of my most looked forward

days of the year.

all of my family and a few close friends came over for

homemade spaghetti and mocha cake.

{my niece Ella.}

{i want a dog so bad.}

{some of my closest friends.}

{Danielle. Holly, Chelcie, Me.}

{Aunt Rhonda, Mom, Nana, Me, Babette.}

{Hallie girl.}

{my favorite mocha cake.}

{only the best.}

{my family.}

{in front of the tree}

{babygirl has been coming to my birthdays since '88.}

22nd birthday will go down as on of the best.

christmas present recap:

{anthro coat-- mine is pink}

{record player}

{d.yurman bracelet}

{uggs}

birthday weekend.

so my birthday was Dec. 11, but i am just getting around to

posting pictures from it.

i have not been doing a good job of keeping this thing

up, but i plan to do better in 2010.

here is a recap from my wonderful 22nd birthday.

{fish bowl we all shared at RA Sushi.}

{two of my favs.}

{right before he squirted a lot of it in my face..}

{next morning outing.}

{tutu twenty-two.}

{my girls.}

{the only picture of the 3 of us in our tutus.}

{our signature pose.}

{most of the group.}

{he wore a onesie for me..}

{my eclectic cake made by Mel.}

{our crazy theme..}

{cake war.}

{Texan Game.}

{we matched.}

{game group.}

{our game tradition.}

{they laid our chairs back.}

all in all it was such a great weekend.

i really do have the greatest friends.

{chic} classics.

i am dying to buy some of these to display in my room.

(you can find them at amazon.)

sweeeeet satchel.

this juicy bag is to die for.

it would be a greatttt book bag,

and it is only $88. 

not to shabby jc.

adorable amy.

this looks really cute.

{matthew goode is precious.}

you can watch the trailer here.