I am hosting Christmas Day and the dishwasher decided to break. No time to bring out the Canon on Christmas, so I only got a few photos from my cell phone. And seriously? The dishwasher had to break then and leak water to Laura’s room below? As if hosting...
We had a different Thanksgiving this year. Enric and family were away. Petra was here. Mom wasn’t feeling well enough to travel. Poor Linda and George had to take their usual lovely and warm Thanksgiving and become severely and instantly MOBILE. Here at home, we had to quickly switch gears...
Some time back on an outing with our friends Rodney and Pauline, looking through a window where a photo of Paella was pictured, I promised them I would make for them an authentic Spanish Paella. As I learn how to shop for the seafood and exactly what is available here,...
Occasionally, I like to invite a hard working Pastor for dinner. The Pastor in the church we’ve been attending here is from the USA originally. I thought it might be nice to have as guests our first Americans, the pastor and his wife. I decided on a Spanish dish for...
After many days of preparations, early celebrations, Christmas Day with the family was finally here.
October. Our month for birthdays. Silas, Miquel, and Enric. Alejandra, too, if you count our extended new “family” into Spain! The month is plainly full! So this day was Miquel’s day. Miquel. The child I am sure my mother wished on me. Since we share this sense of getting into...
Every Christmas Eve we try to have a nice family dinner. This year was a little different since Christmas was on a Sunday, we didn’t want to be up too late. So, we had an early dinner. We went to church and came back to charcoal burnt...
After the zoo, we all went to Dad and Iris’s house for dinner. Iris served delicious turkey, potatoes, gravy, broccoli and cauliflower cooked in an amazing sauce.
Laura started Christmas Day, relaxing in the chair and a half with Jasper and a book. The 22 pound turkey looked beautiful. Lots of presents around the tree of course. All part of mom’s glory, the dinner table… The kids wait patiently to open presents. Linda and George, as they...
Well Easter at our house is ever changing of late. We’re getting kind of used to Linda and George not being here, and we have come to realize that Stacey could show up with just about anyone, but for me, this year, Miquel was truly a missing piece. However after...
I know I posted some older photos of past Easter’s last time, so it only seems right to post the most recent. Easter was a cold one this year, so that explains Miquel’s trench coat and gloves. Laura wore a new dress sewn by my mom, and she looked just...
I am having fun sharing the Christmas presents on my blog, but this one is a little different. It came with no name, card, or sender. But what a thoughtful gift! Dinner and a Movie. Thank you to whoever sent it! Inside the box was a jar of marinara sauce,...
Barely on time for the rehearsal dinner, we were whisked to Waukesha as the water tower so boldly let us know to the Griffiths house for a quick meeting of the family and friends and a chance to change for the rehearsal dinner and for the church afterwards. At the...
