our new years celebration!

we usually do a pretty low-key new year's eve at home with friends and loads of good food! but this year we really did things up and celebrated 2011 with a weekend at a cabin in the woods!

we met our good friends up at the cabin and spent our mornings eating big breakfasts, sipping tea and coffee and watching deer right outside the window!

the entire refrigerator was always packed with lots of good food!

we cooked some delicious dishes like this Lebanese stew with tofu and chicken on the side!

and made eating an event, with folded napkins and all ...

for every meal!

 we spent evenings taking walks in the snow and talking around the fire pit.

and of course we celebrated new years eve...

 

with sparklers...

and tons of fireworks!

then we warmed up inside by the fire...

  

and enjoyed the entire weekend together!