The Holidaze!

Christmas officially starts when Tammie arrives for the holidays from Montana and we get to spend a few days together. She's sporting her new Tipsy VinPixie shirt - a collaborative design between me, Tam and Vince.  Love it!

Presents!

Oh my God! A box of Teuscher Champagne Truffles!!!

Some hiking is in order...

Zuri exhausted from all the unwrapping...

Christmas Day at Marla's

A pause between celebrations:

Hanging with Chris, Eiko and Sophie:

Spent a wonderful day with my cousins.  This is Roscoe, 130 pounds of pure love and affection.  He thinks he's a lap dog, it's pretty funny watching him try to fit on your lap.

Here's Piper - the real boss of the house:

My cousin Beau - A boy and his dog:

We took a great hike right outside of Bobby's door.  When we got to the top of the hill the view of the valley is spectacular.  You can also see how dry it is here.  I'm praying for rain big time!

Lap dog!

Visiting Mom and Uncle Bob in Santa Barbara.  It was such a gorgeous day.  I'm enjoying the crisp fresh air.  It's been a real winter this past few weeks.  Coats in the daytime!!!

And if wouldn't be the holidays without shooting the annual D'Ovidio Christmas Card...

Getting in the Spirit of Christmas - 2015

Tamale Season!  My dear sister-in-laws Christmas tradition.  Extra good this year with the veggie ones - mushroom and eggplant = yum!

Garden of Paradise - A Week in Kauai

To say that Kauai is good for the soul is an understatement.  To Vince and I it feels like we've come home. 

Happy Hanukkah!

My favorite Stooges

2015 Stooges Fest.  It's good to laugh.

A good reason to leave the house today :)

Loved working with these pros.  

Fiberlicious

We enjoyed the Fiberlicious Show up at Barnsdall Park with our dear friends Chris, Eiko and Sophie Battle.

St. Vince

Halloween Fun 2015

Let the carving begin!

First up....Mr. Pumpkin

Half done...

 A well deserved sip before the next one...

And now the watermelon....

We sure enjoyed this super sweet watermelon.

Ready to scare the kids....

Feeding the monsters....give me all your candy!

Zuri doing her black cat thing...

We've been watching this family perform Thriller since the kids were ten years old.  They're college graduates now!  When they were away at college we missed them so much. They're a part of our Halloween tradition - we hand out candy and then walk over to their house to see them perform.

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