christmas with the bears

the holiday season went fast.  but it was pretty fun with all the work and family holiday parties, christmas shopping, and lots of eating.

and to top it all off, i got another special gift.....great grandpa bear and great grandma bear surprised us with a visit!  heheheeee...

the entire bear family!

sammy underneath the christmas tree

i got me another one!

grandma bear comes home!!!!!  :)  heheheeeeeeee

and then to celebrate her home coming, we went out to Fiorentinos for dinner....

the most delicious lamb osco busco

absolutely in love with this pasta dish!

2,190 days and counting!

wow, can't believe it's been 6 yrs!!  we were both downtown, so we had dinner and drinks at Sable Kitchen after work.  it was low key, and just great to spend time with him.  but this was right after i got my iphone, so we were both on our phones during dinner - not texting or online, but taking pictures of our food and drinks lool.

cocktail with appetizer

very yummmy mussels

such a delicious and tender pork chop in plum sauce!

sable kitchen gave us a card and a box of goodies :)

toast to us  >.<

jumping on the bandwagon

so i have finally crossed over and got a smartphone.  and not just any smartphone, but a proud owner of an iphone hahaa (gotta support my apple!)

and then there was 6...

welcome home grandpa bear :)

the bear family giving grandpa bear a big bear hug!

sammy meet grandpa bear, grandpa bear meet sammy...