Nap Time

It's Daddy/Doggy nap time this afternoon!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!!! Ours was fantastic!

Christmas Eve Eve was my birthday pizza night at the bar. We had the best time with our friends! I think everyone was so relaxed b/c most of us had the rest of the week off for the holiday!

Christmas Eve started out at the coffee shop talking with friends about Christmas plans. Once my parents got in town, we headed to Birmingham for my mom's family Christmas Extravaganza! Philip's parents met us there and we had a great time! This was the second year that Bob & JoAnne joined the madness and I think (?) they had a good time:)

Christmas morning (a.k.a. my birthday!) we woke up and Philip cooked us an awesome breakfast. Then we opened gifts. I make everyone sit in a circle and open presents one at a time. I only get to open presents once a year so I try to make it last as long as possible! So two hours later, we were finally finished with presents. We got some great gifts this year. I can honestly say that we were so spoiled by our parents! It is so fun waking up on Christmas morning and having our parents there! Brian & Ellen came down from Atlanta and we had a great dinner/birthday celebration. After dinner, it was down to Eigth & Rail for a little bit!

Friday afternoon, me & Philip headed to Birmingham for my annual birthday dinner with cousin Stephen. We went to Ocean and it was amazing, as usual. This year it was me, Philip, Stephen (cuz), Evelyn (aunt), Tim (cuz), Deborah (cuz), Sarah (cuz), Kati (cuz), Mike (Kati's boyfriend), Jenn & Sara. After dinner we headed to the Wine Loft downtown for some more visiting. It was so much fun and I am so greatful to have a great family that I am so close with! I wish I could say I have some pics from that night but I left my new digital camera that I got for Christmas at Jenn's house, bummer!

The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxing. Sadly, it is no longer Christmas at the Hake house. All the decorations were put away on Sunday, waiting patiently for next year!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Years!!!!

Tag, I'm It!

This picture is from the AU/Vandy game this year in Nashville. My sweet Sara has been waiting 4 years for Auburn & Vandy to play each other and this year was finally her chance! We had the best time tailgating that day with Sara, Logan, Andrea, Casey & a ton of Sara's friends from Nashville!!! Now I tag Brooke, Malone, Volree & Jerry!

The object of the picture tag is to:

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 people to do the same

Kea, sorry it took me so long to post my "tag," it's been a busy week!!

Tacky Chrismas!

Thanks to Kate & Revel for hosting the Tacky Christmas party last night! It was so much fun! The good ole puff paint sweatshirts made their 4th appearance and this year I added some shoes to the ensemble!

He has it so rough....

Charlie after a day of playing on the beach!

My brain has gone to mush!

Charlie riding in the basket!

Kiss the cooks!

Thanksgiving dinner in a box! With a couple additions from JoAnne & Marilyn!

"The Bike Gang"

After spending 6 days in Seagrove, Fl for Thanksgiving, my brain has officially gone to mush! We had the best time with our parents doing, well, nothing! We had a great house and spent most of our time there just sitting on the porch! Everyone (but me) had a bike and rode down 30A to Seaside & Rosemary Beach at least once a day. I held the fort down, drank wine and finished the second Twilight book! We ate at the Red Bar and it was delicious, of course!!!! Charlie LOVED the beach and wore himself out everytime we took him out there. His most favorite thing to do was chase those tiny little birds up and down the beach. He also enjoyed eating the sand- not sure why????

I think this may become a Riley/Hake tradition! Here are a few pics. More to come later.