Merry Christmas from NYC

I hope everyone had a happy holiday. Shawn and I spent a quiet Christmas here in NYC. We had a great Christmas Eve dinner in our neighborhood. We woke up Christmas morning, had brunch, opened presents, went on a long walk through Central Park, went and braved the madness in Rock Center then settled in for a wonderful dinner and apple pie!

Rock Center Tree

Crazy street vendors everywhere!

Central Park

Christmas Eve Dinner

Bailey's Party

It's homemade Bailey's time of year again. I had a few people over to the apt for snacks and Bailey's. I love making this secret recipe holiday treat! Katie was in town for 10 days, and we decided that as the hostesses we needed to look our holiday best. Christmas vests were a must! :)

Getting Ready for Christmas

Dinner Party Time
You can get a tree right outside of our door 24/7

Back to the baby tree for now

Turkey Day

My thanksgiving this year was full of adventure. Shawn's dad and brother came into town on Wednesday, and we hit up the Macy's Day Parade balloons being blown up in our neighborhood with Jim and Emily. Really, none of us knew just how many people would want to watch balloons being blown up. There were literally thousands and thousands of people!

I also cooked a full Thanksgiving dinner for the boys before I left to spend the rest of the weekend with my family in Spokane.

I arrived around 6:30 p.m. in Spokane...just in time for dinner. Everything was great, even the turkey that my mom somehow managed to cook upside down!

Friday was spent working and getting ready for the first ever O'Neill family benefit concert. Despite all of the madness and last second running around, the concert was totally amazing. My family was amazing. The talent in one family is unreal!

The day I got back from the long weekend in Spokane, my cousin Matt and his wife Amy were in town just for the night. We went to the Knicks game. It was great to see them and catch up!