December 31, 2008

For our last message of 2008, we want to wish everyone a healthy and happy new year. We hope that the entire world will become more loving and peaceful. We ask that each of us participate in making the world safer and saner for our children. And to provide an image to hold for this mission, here is Jose who provides so many blessings to us almost every day with his family (Wendy holding Juan Carlos, Jose Manuel, and Jonathon).

December 29, 2006 - the party and the recovery

Eva and I baked and cooked and planned and purchased and organized and managed and then deconstructed a wonderful cocktail party on the 26th, having successfully picked up Marilla at the airport on the night of the 25th, following a very easy series of flights to get here (unusual for her to have on time and easy flights!! but lucky since she was the guest of honor!!).

We WAY WAY WAY overbaked and overcooked and overbought, but it was a lovely, fun, happy evening, topped off by the fact that people left at a reasonable hour afterwards and Jose came the next day to clean and get us back to a normal furniture organization. We loved doing this for and with our friends and they all seemed to be having a great time. Some pictures....

We find ourselves two days later, sadly, tired of delicious cookies and pastries and dips and pates and so forth, but are still managing to enjoy the roast pork roasts Eva made. MMMM. And our house looks like nothing ever happened. Now to tackle the dismantling of the Christmas decorations!