Liz's Snack-Based Bday

i didn't expect this, but as the snacks started rolling in, i realized that obviously the only theme party appropriate for liz is a snack-based theme party.  This is the snack conga line after only a couple of guests had arrived.  

and it kept growing.....

and growing....

and growing....

liz also brought fifty balloons that i rounded up in put in the corner the next day.  party ratio - one balloon for every bag of chips.

happy birthday liz!

some good news in 2012 - I GOT ANOTHER CAMERA

this is literally like, my seventh digital camera.  why do they make them so small and easy to lose?

here we go! xmas in seattle!!!!!

theres two places my mom sits in her house...this is one of them and below is the other one.  we call it "the thrown."  here chris has stolen it.

 the entire time we were in seattle, chris complained about my mom's tv being too small.

these are the langdons and this is right before we stuffed our faces with tomatoes filled with cheesy rice and shrimp.  sounds weird but literally was one of the best things i have ever eaten.

then on to dads where the real party started:

not every day you get a private concert!  my dad, his brother and my cousin put on quite a show for us and we did a lot of singing along.  some notes: i need to work on my voice before my next visit and maybe need to practice the tambourine.  being the only person NOT participating in a sing-along sucks.

instagrammin' (killed born tired).

this candle's story is an epic odyssey.  its literally like forty years old and used to belong to my grandma.  I'm pretty sure its from my dad's childhood even.  anyway - now my dad has it and he gets it filled with wax every now and then so the tradition lives on and on and on.  its pretty cool and basically represents christmas spirit in the krause family.

yay!