Look Who's TWO!!!!

Here are a few pictures from Caleb’s little b-day party today. We had a great time having friends over for lunch and strawberry shortcake! We tried cupcakes for his actual b-day and though he loved the idea of them, he never actually ate the cupcake. Since we had our fresh berries from the market I thought strawberry shortcake was a better bet....oh yes, and of course they were followed by cannoli from the bakery down the street – even better!

P.S. We did in fact invite boys to Caleb’s party, but both families with boys were sick.

Market Day!

Fresh Strawberries in March - YES PLEASE!!!! Here are some beauties that we bought at the Scordia market today. If the kids stop scarfing them down I may just have some left for strawberry shortcake!

Stati Uniti!!

 

Aunt Emily drove all the way from Chicago to spend a few days with us - what a superstar!

 

Caleb and Grandpa Sam having fun at the Delaware Children's Museum.

 

Yay! The whole Arthur posse!

 

Boys, boys, boys...what a handful.

 

A precious visit with our Banny.

 

Hooray for cousins! I don't think Lucas ans Makari will be this serene the next time they see each other.

 

Lucas was thoroughly enjoying all the cuddles and attention from his Grammy and Granddad.

 

Cookie making with Aunt Hannah!

 

Peek-a-boo, I love you Grandma and Grandpa.

 

Josh and Caleb took a quick trip to NC to visit the Capps family. I think we'll save this pic for Caleb and Tovi's wedding slide show!

 

The Woodworth crew and some cupcake decorating fun!

 

Josh and his Delaware boys on a play date.

 

Aunt Libby and Uncle Ben in from Salt Lake City to play - hooray!!!

 

Aunties and cousins enjoying some quiet time.

 

Good morning Grammy and Granddad.

 

The cool guys - Lucas and Uncle Grant.

 

Cool guy, Take 2 - Caleb and Uncle Sam.

 

Aunt Lydia lovin' on Lucas!

 

Banny loves having the kids come for a visit.

 

Jam session!

 

Lucas and his Great Grammy.

 

Sweet memories and a wonderful last visit with our Great Grammy.

 

Our last morning in the States and we woke up to 5 inches of snow - yay!!

 

A photo op on "Woodworth Mountain"

La Plagne, France - Oui!

Met our wonderful friends in Geneva for an overnight stop off before we all headed for the snowy and beautiful French Alps. We were in Geneva just long enough to sample some Swiss chocolates and pasteries and catch a glimpse of Lake Geneva and it's famous Jet d'Eau water fountain. Next Stop...La Plagne, France. There we met up with friends from Paris to spend six wild and lovely days with our 3 families. (3 couples and 6 children - Elise was the oldest child, hence the "wild" part)

The view from our apartment window! Florence was able to find an amazing place for us to stay. Six bedrooms (almost enough room for all of us!) and we could pop our skis on as soon as we walked out the back door!

An adventure for Caleb and Elise. We headed for the bunny slope and enjoyed some "high speed" sledding. Josh wore skis and pulled them up on the rope tow - I wore Lucas! Maybe next year we'll all wear skis.



Elise LOVED the snow - sledding on it, playing in it, and of course...eating it!

Thanks to Aida and Florence for watching all 3 of our kids so I could spend a few afternoons on the slopes!

Yannick, Bryan and Rebecca...up, up, and away!



Breathtaking views everywhere you looked! I "heart" the Alps!

Eleah, Elise and Caleb enjoying a quick "bon-bon" (candy) break while playing in the snow. Isn't life good?!?

And now for a little culture...fattened duck liver, anyone?!? The first time we met Yannick - 6 years ago while visiting Bryan in Paris - he could not wait to introduce us to the world of foie gras, a French delicacy commonly served during the Christmas holiday. Let's just say, it's okay with me that I only eat it once every 6 years...and I'm glad I didn't read the wikipedia article before I ate it!

Each family took turns cooking dinner during the week. We enjoyed amazing French and Italian meals (my "American" meal went over well, too!) - best of all was that we would have dinner after the kids went to bed and we would talk and laugh and eat for hours!

More Erupting!

 

 

 

Mt. Etna Erupts!

Here's a view of this evening's activity on Mt. Etna - wow!!

 

 

Merry Christmas to You!