Holiday Hiatus

I'm finally back from a long holiday trip to the east coast. It's taken me a few days to get back in the swing of things. I could have been blogging since Tuesday, but I just didn't know where to start!

Should I talk about my parents adorable, yet nosy Scottie dog, Robbie?

There's the truly adorable, as her shirt says, Kathryn.

Or, maybe I should talk about the many cups of espresso I had to consume to get us back from New Jersey to Pennsylvania after a fun night with friends?

...because I looked like this:

I could talk about the local, hole-in-the-wall, pizza place where we ate ourselves full for about six bucks.

Or, I could tell the world how much my mom liked her custom Made By Tess Reuse bag.

Or, there's always my new niece, Annabella, a beautiful little reindeer.

Or, the tired, strep throat ailing, Hadley I found organizing photos in an album to hide from the Christmas craziness,

who then suddenly became revitalized when somebody mentioned presents...

Or, I guess I could just post a lot of pictures and post about normal stuff another day!

Just for Tess

A perfectly formed Pecan cat loaf.

The dog whines and we get in trouble

...because we're doing our best to spoil, Sweet Pea, this perfectly named puppy.

Well, I was knitting

For the first week of our trip we are staying with my mother-in-law. We are accompanied by one adorable puppy whose only goal in life is to GET THE HUMANS TO RUB MY TUMMY. And, two very energetic kittens who are generally aloof to our presence except when they are hungry or notice I am knitting.

On our way

We are at the airport on our way to Pennsylvania. I am frantically knitting new mittens. I have my long, wool, Thinsulate lined coat, a huge scarf and lots of layers stuffed in the suitcase. I suspect I will be cold from this moment forward, that is until I return to the holyland, California.