Christmas Partay 2010

(Thanks SO much to Eric for being the camera man for the evening while Bob and I were bustling around.)

I have been throwing an annual Christmas party for about 7 years now. Sometimes there's a theme, sometimes not. This year we went with a Christmas Mocktail Party. We all dressed up, had a bar, a lot of drinks, and a lot of fun.

Though there was no real alcohol in attendance, there was still some crazy drinking games, favors, and I'm pretty sure some hangovers.

The party was a hit, and I was told by many that it was their favorite we have thrown so far. So that in my mind is a success. The party went a little something like this..

We started the party out by toasting with our drinks. Then we all mingled, ordered drinks, and caught up. Then we played a "drinking game" that involved a whole lot of gross shots and a whole lot of eggnog shots later on. We had a white elephant game, and even some of us went to Denny's around 2 in the morning. Thanks to everyone who came and made it so fun. And for those of you who couldn't make it, next year we hope to see you. (I forgot to give everyone their favors as they left because it was so hectic, but I put some candy aspirin in little glass bottles for everyone with the tag above on it.)

Birthday Boy

I keep this Polaroid in my purse at all times. This was taken when I was leaving. (see here if you don't know the story) It seems so long ago, and yet I remember it like it was yesterday.

This here guy is my favorite person.

He's smart..

funny..

kind..

patient..

level headed..

I love him, he is my other half, my better half.. my better all. Happy Birthday Bob. Love, Cait

Whipped..

Sometimes at parties my friends give their kids messy food..

And we laugh. Does this make us bad people? I don't think so. The kids love it. You should see Ella's face when she eats limes. Seriously cracks me up.

Well, have a good weekend. I have a photo shoot tomorrow. (I'm hoping the weather holds and doesn't get us drenched.) And Sunday we are celebrating Bob's birthday with my family. I'm hoping somewhere in there I can sleep in and do my last minute Christmas shopping.

And next week I should have the pictures from the Christmas party, Eric's surprise birthday, and maybe I will even snap a few of the birthday boy this weekend... if he lets me. Happy Weekend!

Yo, Vinny!

Among everything else I'm doing. I am also photographing and editing like crazy. Did I mention I'm busy? I am currently editing pictures for a family I shot last weekend. One of the members is Vinny here. (He looks like a Vinny doesn't he?) I was cracking up as soon as I saw him parading out of the car like he was going to scope everything out and make sure it was on the up and up. I'm hoping after this weekend my life settles down and I can finally enjoy Christmas and get in the spirit of things. I fear lately I have been coming off as a bit of a Grinch. The good news is it's almost the weekend. And we get to celebrate my favorite person's birthday.

Eric's Surprise Dinner

As you can see, we are doing one thing to the next. I still haven't had time to go through the pictures from any of it. So in the mean time, here's a picture from Eric's surprise b-day dinner last night. More to come on this as well. Busy, busy. I haven't had a chance to see any other blogs either, so forgive me for neglecting, December is a tad crazy for me. I think I need a nap!

A Couple Party Pics..

I still haven't had time to go through the Christmas party pictures. Give me a day or two and I will get back on my game. But I did find a couple from my phone from the night. This should give you a pretty good idea of the night..

We had a Christmas mocktail party this year. We all dressed up and enjoyed cocktails of the virgin variety. All of the sugar and eggnog must have gone to our heads though, because we stayed up way too late. This is the picture I took as I groggily fell into bed. And still didn't get to sleep until 4 a.m. My mind just wouldn't fall asleep.

We had a blast though. Thanks to everyone who came and made it so fun. Especially the Boobah. That is one creepy guest.

Weekend Party

We had a blast at our annual Christmas party this year. This is the only picture Bob and I got together, and as you can see it's pretty awefsome. Oh well, we had fun, and are in the Christmas spirit. More picture to come soon. I have to get back to doing a million things. Hopefully things settle down after Bob's birthday next week, and we can do some sleeping in and relaxing.

Happy Monday, hope your weekend was great.