Ryan Restivo

I’m not going to lie: 2009 was a great year. However, it’s almost over so I’d like to recap it. What better way than through blog posts and photos?

Unfortunately, I’m going to start to try to tell stories about how well the year went fully knowing that my awesome girlfriend Jenna is probably way better at telling every single story than I am.

November

This was the first month I ever found out that I was going to be an Uncle. We got to watch Kim and Justin reveal it to the world at Thanksgiving time.

Last year my parents moved Thanksgiving to Connecticut at Matt’s house but this year we changed it up. For Thanksgiving, Jenna and I got to spend it with her family in New Hyde Park where we got to watch Jenna’s brother Keith’s performance in the band event at Hofstra. We also got to have dinner there and man, I’m still full from eating there. They had a whole lot of food and it was a great time! Then we went down the road to Westbury to see how my family was faring. We met Kim and Justin there for dessert as well and had a fun time. After dessert, there was a sudden urge to shoot thousands of our family photos at their house. This led to a few off the wall statements and then led to a few nice pictures.

December

December was busy. People got sick after Thanksgiving but got better after a week. Then it snowed.

Okay well maybe this wasn’t a good idea. However I took care of my Christmas shopping and finished 10 days before Christmas. Here’s what I gave:

• Mom: Digital Photo Frame
• Dad: Massage Gift Certificate for 1/2 hour massage
• Matt: iPod nano running band. iTunes gift card.
• Justin: Sports Authority Gift Card (that’s what he wanted)
• Kim: Saphora gift card.
• Mom & Dad: Wine Glasses
• Jenna: Gold and Diamond Necklace, Bath and Body Works, iTunes Gift Card, it goes on like this.

And here’s our Christmas Card!