Sunday, January 02, 2011

holiday wrap up 2010



hello 2011!
happy new year everyone---
this year came in like a lion---
2010 was the Chinese year of the Tiger which will give way to year of the Rabbit,
a much-needed break from the ferocious fangs of the hard-work tiger year...
travelled all over the country in 2010, this year we hope to stick closer to home.


I very much missed being with my own family this Christmas, but we all made a pact to give to charity instead of buying each other presents. Drew & I chose to give to Valley of the Kings, a tiger rescue in Wisconsin that we will visit in two weeks-
Bill did break the rules with some great Medieval push pins for Drew:
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owwwy!


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i too bent the rules and got my brand-new husband a present, a custom made leather jacket.
Chris Francis of Lovecraft Leather, met us in Las Vegas when we were there with Roger Waters around Thanksgiving, to measure Drew for his new jacket.


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jacket fitting:


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about a week later, Chris brought over a small mockup, to see if it would fit Drew:


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and in another few days, viola! he had the jacket in hand--






look at these details:


last thing, Chris sews personalized tags into each of his creations, amazing work!!:



we drove down to San Diego to spend Christmas with Drew's lovely family.
got a hotel on the beach so we could wake up and throw our new year rock wishes into the sea.
Drew wears his "gorilla feet" *shudder:


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the seagulls were out in full effect--





Sean plays with his new helicopter from Uncle Bill and almost takes out his aunt Andrea!




Christmas morning:
Santa!


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My in-laws threw us a little newlyweds holiday open house and many friends showed up:



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love Peggy's necklace!
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and Sean's Obama shirt:
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new baby Aurora:
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Eli and his Mommy:
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Sean says thank you from the lights of the Christmas tree...


we came back and threw our first New Year's Eve party as a married couple.
Vanessa, Chris and Drew model their Lovecraft jackets:

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Drew shot off fireworks (some sparks caught the lawn leaves on fire, so we moved out in to the street)
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here are Pam & Drew:



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Tomorrow we begin to ship all the promised posters for THE PRICE, a job so big, we hired the kitten to help us roll posters... she gets paid in food:
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3 comments:

spacedlaw said...

Kitty labour! I do hope she get bonus cuddles for this.

It looks you guys had a great time of it all.
Happy New Year!

Bill said...

...and WHO? oh...THAT guy...

Jean said...

Do not shudder at the gorilla feet! My dress shoes are a pair of the leather ones, and I have two other pairs that I wear daily and for working out. They are without a doubt the most comfortable footwear I have ever worn.