Girdwood and Fun with Grandma and Papa

It was a big long weekend! First I picked up my lovely girly friend Mai Li from the airport at midnight on Friday night. We got up early Saturday to go shopping - here is the view from the sky bridge of the 5th Ave Mall... It was so pretty and the sky was so blue and the moon was so full. It was early enough that the mall wasn't completely packed, yet...

Will's company Christmas was this past weekend. Statewide Door and Glass appreciates their employees so much that they take us to dinner at the Double Musky and then put us up in the Prince Hotel for the night. It is something that we look forward to every year. This was our 4th Christmas party with the company and we had a great time. Last year I was 7 months pregnant and went to bed early. This year, it was a little different. Since I am still nursing, I decided it would be best if we brought our babysitters. We were able to get mom and dad a room at the hotel and they agreed to play with Lilah for the night.

Granted, this picture in NO WAY represents the wonderful deliciousness of this dish - it is crab stuffed Halibut with a cajun yumminess on top. It usually comes with veggies or baked potato or rice - but this year I was able to get it with whipped sweet potatos! WOOHOO!! Dinner was great, and we mosied out of the Double Musky around 7:30 - a good 3 hours after we got there.

We made it back to the hotel in time for me to see Lilah, grandma and papa out to dinner and just in time too! I guess a company provided a private fireworks display - it was amazing! We caught about 20 minutes and saw the coolest fireworks. This what I was able to catch with my phone through the glass at the 4th floor lobby.

We headed to the Sizmark for some drinks and fine entertainment, and were dropped off at the bottom of the hill by the local shuttle. This is the view of the mountain as we were walking up the hill - you might not notice, but the white light next to the orange street light is actually the moon! It was pretty cold that night!


Inside there was great friends, great drinks, and great entertainment. A friend of mine was playing that night at the sizmark and after a few razzberry smirnoff and 7-ups, I got Brenda to dance with me! hahaha

I got Mai Li to join in the festivities, too! We shared a cosmo as well. I sure missed her!

So, as we were partying the night away, so were Papa, Grandma, and Lilah. Papa, so named by Lilah, showed Lilah how to play bowling on the iphone. I love this picture, she looks so into it!

She also got a kick out of the full length mirror and had fun with the baby on the other side... :o) Makes me think that we should do that here at the house.

Mom and dad thanked us for bringing them down to play with Lilah. I am so glad they had a good time, too!

Well, another year, another Statewide Christmas party down. Now it is time to start looking forward to next years party!