Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday. After a fun and memorable evening celebrating with my parents and my sister and her family, we headed to North Carolina for a wonderful 10 days on the Outer Banks. The days were sunny (except one that was perfect for hitting the movies and some shopping), and it was nice to kick back a notch or two, and read, knit and hang out as a family doing things like watching "Chopped" marathons on Food Network.