Now that Heather’s parents are retired in Santa Cruz, Heather stays in town for the holidays, so we got to squeeze in another holiday celebration with her and her family.
Uncle David (Heather’s younger brother) came to town as well offering another compelling reason to celebrate together (he and I have been good friends for going on decades now, too)!
Since Heather and Assaf hosted Chanukah, we did the hosting this time. We served roasted brussels sprouts with carmelized onions and toasted pistachios (another repeat dish from Thanksgiving) and we made a vegan Sheperd’s pie (we’d tested out the recipe just a few days earlier…instant hit). Heather and Assaf brought black-bean foul.
I also managed to finish making peppermint crush chocolate chip cookies and Mexican wedding cookies and Heather’s mom Bozsi brought us coconut cookies and chocolate almond cookies!
After David made the toast and we all finished eating dinner, Tom made coffee with his vac-pot and we enjoyed cookies while doing our gift exchange by our tree. This picture is of Dylan perusing his wonderful new book from HAT, Jan Brett’s Snowy Treasure.
And, no post is really complete without a picture of baby Cameron. She’s looking mighty goofy, but you have to admit, she’s got a nice candy-caney outfit!
