Happy Festivus everyone! Bryan and I had a great, great, great trip to the Carolinas for a festive Festivus. We really had an action-packed three and a half days! We flew the red-eye Thursday night, and arrived very early Friday morning. Linda with a dead car battery was waiting at the airport (had to say it, sorry!) and we headed back to the Hamilton household for a morning nap.
Friday was filled with much merry-making! Hanging around the house, wrapping presents, yummy butternut squash soup for lunch and a ridiculously good Bruce/Bryan/Garrett creation of Cioppino. Dinner was followed by a pound cake creation by the girls and gift giving time! Yes, we all got "Festivus for the rest of us" T-shirts! You really should be jealous!
Yes, that's a festivus pole in the backround.....
The whole point of the shirts was so we would get up and run a 5k with Linda in the morning, but Garrett was the only one who held up on his end of the bargain....
Saturday was a great day, too! We spent a lot of the day prepping ourselves for the big party to come that night! Erin and I got our makeup done at Nordstrom's by Chris.... Chris is possibly the coolest makeup lady you can imagine. She's really, really good (understands that "I don't usually wear much makeup and don't want to really look like it" look for makeup) and tells you how dang good you look. Erin and I then splurged a little with lemon cupcakes and champagne.... a perfect start to the evening!
Matt (Erin's boyfriend) picked us up and we headed to meet up with the others at the party. The rest of the night was wonderful! Lots of dancing and catching up with family and friends. AND, there's a drink called a John Daly (as opposed to an Arnold Palmer): Sweet Tea Vodka (no joke, really actually tastes like sweet tea) and Lemonade. Goes down quite easily and is super yummy! The band was awesome and we all had a great time dancing the night away!
Bryan, me, Garrett, Mackenzie, Linda, Bruce, Erin and Matt at the party waiting for guests to show!
Sunday, we got up and headed to the Panthers football game. The tailgate was awesome as usual with Carolina Blonde beer and leftover cake from the night before. Bryan and Garrett got a very special picture with a very special man. So, with that, on top of a Matt Moore Panthers win it was a blast :-)
Garrett and Bryan with Cat Man! A special moment, indeed...
Sunday night was Pizza-N-Wings (a Hamilton household tradition- the two always go together like it's one word...) and more football, of course! Monday, we had the morning to relax and recap a fabulous weekend!
Happy Festivus to all and to all a good night!
I still don't understand that whole dead battery thing...all I did was read the paper with the light on and run the heat and turn on my heated seat while I drank my coffee..
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