Navidad en las nieves de Seattle

que feliz nos sentimos todos juntos, como podeis ver. Y fuera estaba nevando desde las siete de la manana. Me gustaria que todos estuvieramos juntos, pero esto va a llegar tan pronto que es casi como estar aqui. Este ano la coleccion esta completa, y yo no puedo pedir mas. Aunque Belen tenga un cosido en la frente. Feliz Navidad y 2009

The Child of Frankenstein

Belen had her first set of stitches! Five in total. While climbing on a bar stool she tipped over and the stool came crashing down with her and landed on her forehead. I've never seen that much blood spurting out of a wound. I became nauseous looking at it. Luckily Mariluz was here and stopped the bleeding with some witches ointment (that was an inside joke). Since we were having a paella party last night Uncle Rajeev and Uncle Simon escorted us to the ER. Anil, Uncle Ajit, Grandma and Grandpa entertained our guests for the three hours we were away.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Puget Sound is covered in a blanket of snow. The worst I've seen since moving here. Our house measured 8 inches! Luckily we didn't lose power--which is what happened in '93. We are preparing for the second blast this weekend. Rain, snow, freezing temperatures, and high winds. We have lots of candles and fire wood.

The kids enjoyed three extra days off from school, sledding down the hill and building snowman and snow forts.

Gingerbread Village

What a task! At 40, I've never made a gingerbread house. Instead of making one for myself I decided everyone would make a gingerbread house. With our busy schedules it took almost two weeks to prepare and bake FIVE gingerbread house. We had a lot of fun and have decided each year do to a theme. Chase wanted to make Native American houses (long house, tipi, etc.) because he has been studying Native American culture this year in school. Now that I've figured out the basics I think we can move on to more elaborate architecture!

We visited the gingerbread at the Sheraton to view our competition.