Holiday at Home 2010

For me, Christmas was spent at home in Santa Clarita. It's always a bittersweet experience as spending time with family usually is, but this year was quite nice. Just a few of my favorite photos my relaxing Holiday weekend. 

O Holy Night

It was a night of good company, good beer and good food. Last night, my roommate and I invited some friends over for a Holiday Get-Together at our place. After spending the morning putting up more Christmas decorations, lights and rearranging some furniture, we started cookin'. 

 Aside from having our defaults (Stone IPA, brie, chips & salsa) I made some bruchetta, but with a twist and Sarah's boyfriend brought over some German marzipan stollen, a European sweet bread with raisins and almond cream. Needless to say the stollen was gone the second we sliced it up!

Balsalmic Bruchetta

Trimming the Tree! 

 Nothing like good company to put you in the Holiday spirit! 

Haunted Trails

Story time:

The Haunted Trails is an annual Halloween Maze in Balboa Park. It being my first time, I warned everyone that I get very scared--- did I mention extremely easily?

But I decided to challenge my fears and go regardless and take it a step further by paying an extra $5 for the haunted "walk-in" maze. Ok, good idea and bad idea. Although I was scared out of my mind, especially when Freddy came out of the bus.

Week.end.

Just a recap of Friday and Saturday's events
Mel's Grad Party in Long Beach

CLEO

Melanie's Ball Python that I might be babysitting while she is in Singapore!

Night in LB for Mel's Graduation Party

♥

Baby Peyton @ work for the

Holiday Party

It's good to be home.

Peyton's first Vet visit

VSC Holiday Party

Thai FOOD with Aakriti and Paola