The Eve of Christmas Eve

Jason and I have lived in our house for almost two years, and somehow we have never had the Robert's side of the family over to our home.  We decided we needed to remedy that so we had everyone over on Dec. 23rd.  I decided since we would be having lots of Christmas meals over the weekend to do something totally different.  I had made some appetizers for everyone to munch on, and we made lots of different homemade pizzas.  It was fun all working together to make them, and we just enjoyed the evening and ate in stages as each pizza was ready.  It was great to see everyone, and we all had the best time laughing and catching up.  Here are lots of pics of the evening....

 

Party Weekend

The weekend before Christmas was a super busy, party-packed weekend for Jason and I.  We started the weekend by attending my work Christmas party on Friday night.  Our Assistant Controller hosted the party at her home in the heights.  We had great food, fun drinks, and a competitive white elephant exchange.  Jason and I ended up with an A&M snuggie (which Jason had me steal funny enough) and a case of one of my co-workers hot sauces that she and her husband make....very delicious!  We had a really great time, and I think Jason enjoyed getting to meet everyone I work with that he hears about often.  I really enjoyed meeting everyone's spouses/significant others and just getting to hang out with everyone outside of work.

Saturday morning, we ran some errands and attended a law school graduation party for Phil, one of Jason's friends from A&M.  His parents hosted the party in their home, and everything was lovely.  I didn't take any pictures, but congratulations Phil on such a great accomplishment.

Saturday evening, Monica and I hosted a girl's night Christmas party and ornament exchange.  Monica had the party at her house this year and had everything set up so cute.  We had a great time just hanging out with this girls.

 Katy, Julie, Melissa, Valeria, Me, and Monica

 Monica and Katy

Val and I

Sunday afternoon was spent at the annual extended Robert's family Christmas which is held at St. Thomas.  Everyone attends mass and then has a potluck lunch.  It was great getting to see some of the extended family since we do not get to see them often.  Again, I didn't take any pictures.  I really hate when I do that.

Overall, Jason and I had a super busy weekend, but it was great getting to celebrate different events with various friends.  I wouldn't have it any other way.

Christmas in Cabo--day 3

On Saturday, everybody just did what they wanted to do.  Jason, Daniel, and Harrison went to play golf while Brandi, Monica, and I hung by the pool ALL day.  Connelly and Lani made friends with the swim-up bar for the day.  After a full day in the sun, we all went downtown to eat for our last night in Cabo.  We went to "The Office" for dinner, and it was fantastic.  I loved everything about it.  It had the best atmosphere, was super cute, and the food was excellent.  All the tables were set in the sand, they had a live band, and cute lights everywhere. It was the perfect way to spend our last night.  Sunday morning (day 4), we woke up and spent a few hours at the pool before we had to say goodbye and head home.  We had such a great time with great friends.

 Beautiful golf course at Palmilla

Christmas in Cabo-day 2

Friday morning, we woke up bright and early to head to the marina to catch our boat.  We rented a large boat from Redrum so all eight of us could go together.  We were really disappointed that we ended up only catching one Spanish mackeral....esp when we read the fishing report from the next day and the same boat we were on caught Marlin and several Dorado.  We still had a great day on the water and saw a TON of huge whales, which we were not at all expecting.  Some of the whales came within about 25 ft of our boat.  We even hooked one that decided our bait we were trolling looked like a good snack.  Our captain quickly cut the line, but it was still quite exciting.  Getting skunked on the fishing trip just makes me want to go back and try again very soon.  I am already hinting to Jason that Cabo would be a great place to spend Memorial weekend.  :)  Once we got back to the resort that afternoon, we all napped, spent some time at the pool, and had a late dinner at the resort that night.

Me and Connelly

Jason and I 

 Famous rock arch in Cabo

 Sea Lions right outside the marina

 Taking a break from trolling and fishing closer to shore

 Look at the light spot in the water....that was a whale that swam right by our boat!!

 Our first and only catch of the day

Harrison and Brandi

Dan, Monica and Harrison

Monica and Me

WHALES!!

 Ceviche on the beach---We found a guy that made us the best ceviche out of the filet from our lone catch of the day.

 The boys

 Jason dancing with one of the girls that works at the resort