Thursday, January 8, 2009

A Bit of Vacation

We're back! We had a wonderful time in California for Christmas. Adam flew back to Texas for New Years while I stayed for another week. We had a good time for both holidays. Here are some photos from the trip:

The family at Christmas Eve Dinner
This year's tree (much better than ours . . .khee hee.)
Papa and Zuki

Adam and I had gone down the hill to do some Christmas shopping, and his ears never popped. We tried using an ear candle (which didn't work, but now his ear is nice and clean). It finally cleared up Christmas morning.
SUGAR COOKIES!!! I made a double batch and they were gone in two days. Yum Yum.

Dwynne gave mom three mini silverware sets from Ikea and wanted to throw a "mini" party a few days later using tiny finger foods. Grandpa was a good sport. He made sure to follow the rules . . . he used his little knife to cut his little food into tiny bites and then ate off his itty bitty fork the whole time!


We served mini: bagels, tartlets, ciche, dogs in a blanket, chocolate turtle cookies, and grapes. We set the table using all the mini dishware we could gather from around the house.

New Years we decided to have a fire and make hobo dinners (which turned out awesome.) We might have to make this a tradition. Later we dumped popcorn kernels into the fire to see if they would explode . . . but they sort of just hopped around.


The night before Natalie and Mo left, we had an un-birthday party for Zuki. Dwynne made the cupcakes (yum) and I, the birthday hat.
Zuki shares her treat with Nat and Mo.

We love being at home. Mom and Dad treat us all so well and feed us so good! Thank you for more fun memories!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Merry Christmas and New Year

Adam and I are taking off tomorrow for California. I'll have lots of pics to share, but I won't be back to blogging until after the new year! So here's a hug to all of you—signing off, 2008.

Friday, December 12, 2008

Thank You Everyone!


Your votes came in and I got 2nd place!! (Only three votes below the winner yeah!) So my prize is a little more exposure—in one of the gift guides I think—for free! Thanks everyone, you are the best!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Running by Music (by Adam)

A co-worker and I competed in the San Antonio Rock 'n' Roll Marathon last month and it was awesome. There were bands every couple of miles.

I ran right past the Alamo (very small) too.
The Alamo

There were over 33,000 people who participated in the run. Jogging 13.1 miles—sounded like a good idea before I actually started. (I didn't train . . . at all.)

Well after a rough start I finished the half marathon in 2 hrs 45 minutes. (They keep track with a little tag attached to your shoe.) If you do the math that is a 12:45 minute pace, pretty bad I know. I did get a medal for my efforts and ate LOTS of fruit and carbs afterward.

I must say it was much more mentally challenging than I thought, and I was definitely sore after and days to follow, but it was a blast and I plan on doing it again in the spring. Anyone want to join?

Crossing the finish line.