12.27.2008

The Christmas Eve Engagement

This Christmas (although it went by too quickly) was one of my best. Every year we have a Christmas Eve party at my grandpa's house where about 60 close family members meet, drink and party. During our traditional white elephant game my brother proposed to his girlfriend... she thought she was winning a "raffle present" I cried like a baby. I didn't ask for a single thing but received the best gifts! I now have a new laptop courtesy of Santa and Betseyville purse from Zar along with a ton of other stuff that I will probably blog about soon. I hope everyone has had a safe and Merry Christmas! Here are some of my holiday memories...



Gingerbread house made by Diane.


Zars family party baby.


Getting the right shot with so many girls never works out.


The white elephant game begins...




The gift I won/stole during the game.


Before the party, we wrapped my brothers engagement ring...



my brothers gf opening up her "raffle gift"


Nobody else knew either...





Will you marry me?


YES!


Lets party!






at 2am, I convinced everyone to take "jumping pictures"


we failed about 5 times....














The Engagement video....

What did you get or give this year?

13 comments:

edith said...

aww that is the sweetest thing ever!
i hope they are so happy together.
awesome jumping pictorials btw.

this year igot:
>love
>gift cards
>trip

this year i gave:
>musho love and counseling ♥
...purrty broke until later :S

Sina said...

Looks like you had a lot of fun!I love your skirt and the belt!

Jennifer said...

This looks so fun! You look amazing as usual! Congrats to Omar and Vanessa!

Audrey Leighton said...

amazing! howww sweet, what a great way to propose!
you look amazing...where did you get your belt?
and thankkk you sooo much for the help, it all worked!
xxxx

oh, your interview is due to be in the jan issue, sorry its been so lonf, durham has had alot of fashion related stuff going on, so ive had to cover that!
ill send you a copy, email me your address!

xxxxxx


dazed2dazzled@hotmail.com


www.befrassy.com

Sarah Janee said...

Wow, i'm such a sap.I cried watching the video lol.. Can you tell im ridiculously pregnant! Wow, those jumping pictures are totallly coool:)
This Year I got:
-Flat Screen TV
-Betsey Johnson & Burberry London Perfume
-VS cream sets
-VS nighty for when I leave the hospital after giving birth lol
-VS sandals? My best friend has a credit card from there and went nuts,okay lol.
-Season 4 of The Office
-Season 7 of The Gilmore Girls
-Treo 800 <-FINALLY
-Gifts for the baby lol
-Samsung Digital Camera:)

WendyB said...

The proposal pictures are adorable. Glad she said yes! :-)

syd vicious said...

Oh my gosh that is exactly what my family does on Christmas Eve! This year there were about 50 relatives at my grandma's. That video is so cute too!

jukejka said...

great photos, great family, great party :)

Victoria-Olivia said...

Aww that is so cute!!!!

I love what your wearing, everything is so nice.

The hello kitty things for your laptop are so sweet!!! I got afew hello kitty pressies, a car shaped phone holder with hello kitty driving, and a little mug with a lid, and a necklace.

JEYQ said...

=]
HUGE SMILE.
i witnessed a proposal as well a week before christmas. it was beautiful to say the least!

anyway, the jumping pictures are amazing. i could imagine landing in heels. haha.

hope you have a great new year =]]

Knuspi said...

Awww your dress =) Love it!

jes.sika. said...

i love your outfit & the jumping pictures were fab.. they made me giggle. merry belated christmas!

spectacle chippendales said...

J'aime beaucoup les vêtements que tu portes; ça respire la joie de vivre bravo et félicitations pour ton blog
Karine