We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the Hogan house. Christmas Eve we hosted the extended Hogans over for dinner--Mom and Dad, Zach, Grandma and Grandpa, and Uncle Greg. Our Honeybaked ham was delicious, which is good because we've got about 4 pounds left of it. We also had a salad, goat-cheese mashed potatoes, asparagus, bread, and Kevin's famous homemade apple pie for dessert.
Christmas day we headed West to Torrance. We stopped by to see Marc and Wendy at Wendy's parent's house which was fun. Then we hit the Rosiak's running. The family gathering was a bit bigger--me and Kev, Mom and Dad, Brad, Katrina, Corie & Seana, and Grandpa Rosiak. Mom made prime rib with some yummy other accoutrements and the meal was excellent. The wine was free flowing and excellent, even if I did overimbibe a bit.
We exchanged lots of great presents at home. I got some glass doorknobs--exactly what I wanted (no, seriously, exactly what I wanted), some comfy PJs, the DVD of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and a bunch of other stuff that isn't coming to mind but is sitting there plain as day on the coffee table if I weren't too lazy to look. Mom & Dad Hogan gave us a generous gift card to Lowe's--let the renovations begin! Grandma and Grandpa gave some cash--as Grandpa says, "We shop at Wells Fargo" hee hee. Scout and Digory got an "Indestructible" toy that, within 5 minutes, had a hole in it. That one is going back to the store.
Anyway, all in all it was a wonderful holiday and I hope everyone enjoyed theirs as well!
Posted by Shelby at December 26, 2005 01:26 PMI want to know more about the goat cheese mashed potatoes! Do you have a recipie or was it bought?
Posted by: Katrina at December 27, 2005 03:18 PM