Happy New Year!

Happy 2025, everyone! Mom had us all over for good luck pork, mashed potatoes, and sauerkraut. Mer brought a salad. Cheers to a wonderful year for all!

NYE

It's the last night of the year! I hosted a game night at my house to celebrate. I made sweet potato and black bean burritos.

Emily made cream puffs!

AND she made a cheese plate!!

Valerie made loaded tots!

Yumi made Thai shrimp fritters!

Heather made her famous inari sushi.

We put glitter in our drinks, naturally.

Cheers!

Summer made trout dip!

Games!!!

Happy New Year, y'all!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!! Felix and Lucy were really into watching us open presents this year.

Look at those little ANGELS.

Uncle Mark sent us presents with homemade Three Stooges gift cards!

Mer made cranberry cinnamon rolls for breakfast!

And I made a spinach and gruyere breakfast casserole.

Plus fruit!

Mer and I got mom these glowing trees from MoMA. She loves them!

We played Golf before dinner.

Mer made shredded beef for dinner. Look at the dogs supervising the beef shred!

Mmm, served with spaetzle and onions. And I made wedge salads!

Dad and I wearing matching Dan Erlewine hats! Twins!!

Cleaning up.

Little Kate made cookies for dessert! They were all so delicious.

We ended the night with Pee Wee's Christmas special. What more could you ask for?

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve! We got together at Mom and Dad's for dinner. David Saunders joined us! Mom made little pumpernickel snacks as an appetizer.

Also, a veggie tray!

Felix on kitchen duty.

Mom made her famous clam chowder for dinner.

Dogs on duty!

We played Bowl of Nouns after dinner!

For dessert, Mer made a cranberry ginger cake. Cheers!

Happy Birthday, Mer!

We celebrated Mer's birthday several days late this year, because she's been out of town! Mom made fire chicken for dinner. Mer requested the coconut cake again so I made that!

Make a wish!

How is it so good??

Felix and Lucy doing the dishes prerinse.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! We gathered at Mer, Pete and Little Kate's house. We watched the Lions game before dinner.

Mer spatchcocked the turkey!

Inspecting the turkey.

Fairytales of New York. Cheers!

Felix and Lucy did a lot of resting.

But Lucy sprang into action when Pete carved the turkey!

YUM!! Everything was so delicious.

Felix likes to position himself right under the table for family meals. Smart boy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Pumpkin and apple pies for dessert.

Happy 17th Birthday, Little Kate!

It's Little Kate's 17th birthday! We gathered at Mom and Dad's to celebrate. Mom made chicken chili for dinner. Lucy and Felix stood guard in the kitchen to wait for dishes to lick.

Little Kate requested my coconut layer cake for her birthday cake! It's a family favorite.

Happy birthday to you!

Make a wish.

This is one hell of a cake.

Cheers to the birthday girl!