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  Hello. Hello. Hello. Happy New Year!!   Did you send out a search party looking for me? Let's just say that having 3 kiddos ain't easy even if you have a lot of help.   My maternity leave has come and gone and I'm back to the daily grind.   Since it's been a while since we last spoke, here's a little photo medley of what I've been up to over the last few months.            Some skiing/snowboarding action in Lake Tahoe over Christmas and New Years:                           We have LOTS of catching up to do. How have you been? What have you been up to????   Glad to be back in the saddle.   xo, Ris                     

Hiiiii!!!!! I've missed you so. Too much work and a lot of stuff going on around on the home front has left poor StyleBurbia feeling quite neglected. While I clear out the cobwebs, I'll share a little bit of what I've been up to and what was so important that I didn't have time for you :(. So, first we had Christmas.  We had a ton of family over and we were lucky enough to have my sister celebrate with us from Cali and my brother-in-law from Colorado. Christmas pjs are a must in our house. Opening presents is tough work.. Lumberjack Christmas shirts.. Are we really playing with a box when Santa brought us all those gifts??? Hayden's 'cheese' face. We are working on it so it doesn't look quite so creepy... lol Once the holiday festivities were over, I had to change gears and get going on planning my sister's baby shower. Yes, I am going to be an aunty!!! Soooooo exc...

Christmas is almost here.... Have you gotten all your gifts, wrapped them, figured out your holiday menu and sent out your holiday cards???? Me either!!! :) I did find a little bit of time to get the house dressed in its festive garb. Send me some pics of your holiday decorations! I want to see, so I can get better ideas for next year. If I don't talk to you before then, Merry Christmas! Much love to you all and to your families, Ris

Happy Friday and Happy New Year!   I hope you had an amazing time ringing in the new year and saying goodbye to 2012. An upcoming deadline for work is keeping me busy, busy, busy. So for now, I'll just have to share 5 things making me happy on this grey, winter day.       Loving my Sperry Top-Siders that my generous secret Santa bought me for Christmas:   J. Crew Sperry Top-Siders Getting cozy to watch dad use our 'new' snowblower:      This yummy (and easy) lemon chicken recipe that I made for our New Year's Eve dinner:   Thanks for coming Craig and Christina!   Lemon chicken breasts from the Barefoot Contessa       A sneak peek from our 99% completed powder room: (more pics to come next week)          A sneak peek from our 'almost' completed master bathroom: (more pics to follow next week)     ...

Happy Friday! The holidays go by sooooooo quickly.  So, in my attempt to hold on to them as long as possible here is a wrap up (pun intended) of the Christmas decorating over at the StyleBurbia residence. First it started out with the tree:   Mantels and doorways: Cookies from my lovely neighbor. Thanks, Babs! Yum! The first set of ornaments and lights at night: My homemade door knocker:       My wreaths on the front door:           More night views:             More ornaments and gifts from Santa: (strange chandelier? yes. it came with the house. replacement comes next week.)     Holly from my garden: Christmas feast: Ham, Macaroni and Cheese, Green Beans and Mushrooms { see recipe here }, Shrimp w...

  Happy Tuesday folks!   We were decking the halls in Burbia this weekend...   I am a Christmas junkie.  All that stuff about Christmas becoming a commercial holiday, etc. etc.... Not in my house.  I can't get enough eggnog, carols, wrapping presents and decorating. Love, love, love!!!     Here's what we were up to.     Pine cones gathered from my parents' lawn by the boys:             A little spray paint action: (Doesn't the top of this can look gold? I was in for a little surprise when my pine cones came out silver. Yes, they are silver, not white.)                   Woila! My door hanger for my back door since there wasn't enough room for a wreath: (thanks to my mother in law for her help)             Some fun with Hayden and my dad picking out t...