This is a really long post about all of our holiday activities this year from decorating to traditional Christmas eve shenanigans to friendsmas. It was a great way to end the year! Check out my decorating skills, Sami’s 2D tree, and all of the food we made and consumed :)

I hosted thanksgiving and invited over a bunch of friends. I got to make so much good food and everyone seemed to have a good time.

Blizzcon was amazing this year. I had guildies and friends show up, the announcements were epic, I worked in the Inclusion Nexus, and I even got to talk at the show!

We rounded out our vacation with a few days in London (and one in Bath). It was so nice and relaxing to be back in the UK. Enjoy!

This is the second part to our Lebanon trip. It talks about our adventures in Sofar, Sayda, and Baalbek.

This is the first part of our Lebanon blog. We did so much and had so many pictures, I had to break it into 2 blogs. This one will talk about Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Bchallah, the Lebanese Cedars, Batround, the Jeita Grotto, and Harissa. Enjoy!

We headed out to the OC Night Market for an evening filled with local art work and delicious Asian foods. We tried takoyaki, ramen grilled cheese, a cotton candy burrito, and chicken and mochi yakitori. Read more to find out how they were.

We went to Andy and Kellie’s July 4th party and brought Illidan. He did so well with all of the people and loved playing with their puppy, Marshmallow. I made pizza bites, macarons (for the first time), and peppermint chocolate cookies.

Sammy and I went to the OC Lebanese Festival this weekend and enjoyed great food and good entertainment!

We had a couple things to celebrate this weekend, so of course I baked! One of Sammy’s friends got a job at Naughty Dog so I made him a lemon strawberry roll cake. Also, Sammy set me up with a unique URL for my food blogs (www.RobotsRations.com), new logo, watermark, and banner. I was pretty stoked with it all so I made him some Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Whipped Cream Frosting.

Illidan graduated puppy 2 and showed his progress with one of the best weekends to date!

We had some traditional celebrations and some new ones. Overall, we had a small, sweet, and lovely holiday celebration complete with cats in Santa hats!

Gus and Sandie came to see us in SF! We had such a great time and look forward to their next visit.

Our holidays were filled with friends, excitement, and staying super busy. There wasn’t a lot of wedding planning, but I did get some exciting stuff done! Read more to hear about our Christmas party, Christopher’s visit, and the small yet steady progress on the wedding. 

This was our first Thanksgiving as a couple away from our families. It went well and began a new tradition for us! :)

The Save the Dates came in and I am thrilled with how they turned out. We worked our Photoshop skills to make a Save the Date that was true to us and our wedding theme. We did have a little trouble with shipping, but overall hope that you get some entertainment from them too. 

We spent a few days in Dallas trying to finalize some parts of our wedding. We were extremely successful in that endeavor. It was a good trip all around, and a special thank you to everyone who drove up to support us.