Baking Frenzy and a little walk around Silverlake before the holidays "officially" start

I've been baking for days - I made Molasses Cookies, Italian Almond Cookies, Mexican Wedding Cakes and a Chocolate Pie.  Took the pie to Rich and Nicole's dinner party.  It was a big hit.

Before all the eating we took a spin around Silverlake and enjoyed the fresh air and big puffy clouds.  So pretty!  Then we made our way to Rich and Nicole's house for dinner and games.  We played "Taboo" with them - yes - our second time this week to play Taboo (we also played the game with Lorie and Gug.)  Such a fun night of eating a delicious dinner (thank you Nic - chicken breasts in a creamy mushroom cheese sauce) and then topping it off with lots of pie and whipped cream.  Then the games began.  We laughed a lot.  If you don't have this game I suggest you get one.  Super fun for a group to play.  We wound up at their house until midnight.  You know we were having fun because that was waaayyyy past my bedtime.  But as a Christmas Miracle will have it - our cat, who has been waking us up at 5:00 a.m. every morning since the day we've had him - curled and cuddled-up with us and let us sleep until 7:30!