a VERY belated holiday post

I admit, I sort of dropped the ball on posting holiday pictures....

We invited our family over for our first Hanukkah party in our new home! We made hundreds of latkes and had everyone bring something, so we had a ton of food, in true Jew style! :)

Thanks everyone for joining us!

making latkes!

yuuummmmyyyy!!!!

stealing latkes, E?

Bri cooking up a storm!

moi

lighting the candles before dinner




it's finally dinnertime!





Uncle Allan, Bubi, Dad

Andrea & Denise

Andrea & Aunt Fran

brotherly love... or something along those lines

I often make this face when Justin points the camera... first thing that comes to mind, I guess...

work it!

fisheye Nick!

um, yeah...

hmmmm....

family gathering

my two favorite men :)

Bubi, me & Nana

Ethan & Aunt Fran


It's present time!






it's the iTouch! ;) (ok, actually ipod touch-- Justin....)

Nick receiving his gift...

Nick dropping his gift...

it's safe!

our gift... surround sound system!



overall a great, successful party!!

Put on your yarmulke, here comes... the post about Hanukkah

We got to celebrate our first Hanukkah together as mr. and mrs. --check it out...
Us celebrating at home...

Hanukkah celebration with our families @ the West house!
The two of us making latkes... many, many latkes...












The finished product!


Time to light the menorah...






Jeremy, Dad and Uncle Allan




This was only some of the food... what a smorgasbord!


Playing dreidel after dinner...









Lauren and Aunt Fran


Dad and Uncle Allan's performance




Bubi dancing up a storm!




Tipping the "poor" guitar players :-)




Brian and Ethan's "prom picture"






Ethan passed out from too much soda (see above)...


the whole gang!


happy hanukkah!!