Housewarming Party

This past weekend marked one month since I left Massachusetts and headed south to join Tommie in Durham. We've met a lot of new people through Tommie's work and had some of them over for a housewarming party. It was nice to show off our current home, which has come a long way since the very first day when I cried because I didn't know where to put anything.

Here are people hanging out in the living room (our couch arrived just in time)...

And by "people" I also mean Maya who lasted as long as she could sitting on the floor before reclaiming her chair.

Some people braved the heat and sat outside on the patio...

Part of the set-up, of course, included lanterns hanging from the trees, but it was too light out to put candles in them...

We Tommie cooked and grilled. Here's our pulled pork and grilled chicken slider station...

And I put out snacks. I couldn't wait to use my new appetizer orbs and ceramic berry trays... 

Everyone liked going around looking at Tommie's photographs. They all seemed to have a really good time. Next time, Tommie and I will try not to strangle each other before the guests arrive. In the end, the house was full of noise and laughter and good smelling food...you can't go wrong with that.