Roommate Dinner

This post is more about the Foley family in general, rather than just about Bridget. This weekend was our annual "Roommate Christmas Dinner." It is a tradition that started four years ago when Kara shared a condo in San Francisco with Sonya and Brett and Sara McGinness. It was just the four of us that first year. By the second year we were all living separately, and Nathan and Levi had joined the mix. Since then we have continued to get together, all six of us (7 now that Bridget has come on the scene). It is a great tradition that we hope to continue for many years to come.


When Brett and Sara arrived Bridget was all cuddles.


Here is a great shot of us all in action. You can see Bridget was very busy chatting on Levi's iPhone, while Levi was entertained by Bridget's toy.


Before dinner we managed to gather everyone for a real group photo. Even Brett and Sara's dogs Sam and Maggie made the shot (unfortunately Maggie decided to be a camera hog and blocked Sara). Panzer was the only one missing, but there was no way the cat was going to share the photo with the dogs.


After the organized chaos of the group picture we all sat down to eat dinner. Polenta Lasagna was the highlight of the menu this year.


Since Brett and Sara were in town from Reno, they stayed the night. In the morning we made a McGinness specialty – Bacon Pancakes.

We wrapped the weekend up with the annual SF Chronicle Geography Quiz. This tradition is too sacred to document with photos. In case you were wondering, Brett had the top score on the quiz this year (and all years). Nathan and I are already studying for next year's quiz.