'Tis the season....

For 55 degree nights in December, dinner with great friends and Christmas carols with the Santa band.



Eric and I spent the weekend leading up to Christmas in Virginia Beach with his mom and sister. We got to have dinner with our dear friends Bryan and Meredith (and soon to be babygirl Lewis). We met them for dinner at Bravo Italian (http://www.bravoitalian.com/) which is located at the Virginia Beach Towne Center. We had a wonderful dinner filled with lots of conversation, laughter and my opportunity to give them the gifts I made for babygirl. We gave them the crocheted blanket that I made an a breast feeding reminder bracelet. They were both totally blown away by the thoughtfulness of the gifts and the fact that they were all hand crafted.

After we ate we headed outside and were greeted by this 4 man Santa band.



They filled the warm (but breezy) night air with sounds of Christmas. It was so fun listening to them play (and made me want to dance).

The court yard that we were in had all of these fun sculptures of reindeer. They were all shaped differently and some were holding shopping bags from various stores there.



It was such a good evening and one that I didn't want to end. It is so hard being a good distance away from those that you want to surround yourself with. Eric and I are blessed to have Bryan and Meredith as friends. I love the friendship that we have with them because it is more like being with family with them and that to me means so much.

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures." -- Kahil Gibran