merry meat-mas!

i'd like to toast to friendship tonight. we had such a great weekend with some precious friends. it started on friday night with a dinner at our house. pb smoked a variety of things on his smoker and i made homemade mac and cheese to go with it. one couple brought a giada salad and the other brought a yummy chocolate dessert and champagne. true comfort food at its best. it was the perfect way to kick off our christmas vacation. the guys were talking by the fire and the girls were talking in the kitchen for a while before dinner. somehow the subject of christmas came up and we were talking about not really feeling it this year and being sort of bah humbug...until friday night. it seemed to be just what we all needed. i love these girls. they are truly good friends and so easy to be around. anyway, in the course of our conversation we all realized that we had nothing pressing going on for saturday night and decided to meet at georgia grille for dinner. one of my all time favorite places to eat in the world...that, and canyon grill. one couple had already planned to meet some friends for dinner and invited the rest of us to join in on the reservation. it was one of those nights that never would have worked if we had tried to plan it. somehow it just all fell into place. one couple has 5 kids, one has 3, the other has 4 so it was truly an aligning of the stars that we were able to meet for dinner.

i was thinking about the weekend yesterday and how it had been so peaceful and fun in the midst of all the holiday busyness. i was also thinking about how much it means to me to have these friendships. this is what makes the holidays even more special. thanks girls.

and here is the photo of our table on friday night...before i lit the candles or the fire : (
merry! merry!