January Happenings

Fernando has been in Costa Rica since Jan. 12.  The weekend he came home, we had Leo overnight and then stayed with him at their house Sunday evening while Eva went to pick Fernando up from the airport.  

We have passed a new Leon Creek greenway trailhead very close to our house multiple times every week, always looking over in that direction but never stopping to actually check it out.  Well, this past week, we decided to drive over to it to see how easy it was to access and if there was a decent place to park.  We found it had both, so on Sunday, we decided to go there with Leo.  The weather was very nice and we enjoyed the walk a lot.  We probably walked a mile total.  There were actually big rocks along this trail where Leo had fun scrambling around.

On Monday, we celebrated Kathy's birthday at Lighthouse Seafood.  It was a very nice get-together.

Mike, Rosie (although she's not in this picture), Myra, Linda, Vicki, Guillermo, Flynn, Kathy, Carlos and Chris.

Christmas 2022 And New Year 2023

 

We had a really nice Christmas Day with Fernando, Eva and Leo. 

After opening presents, we had a good Christmas dinner with Honey-Baked Ham.  

I just love our tree.  We bought it in 2020 when the pandemic was going pretty strong.  It's one of the best purchases ever.  So nice to not have to worry about watering it or it drying out.  And every year it just looks so pretty when it is decorated.  The picture here doesn't do it justice.  I just can't seem to get the colors and lighting to show exactly how pretty it all looks in person.

Eva left for Sweden on December 29th to be with her family.

Rebeca, Jason and Scotty arrived January 1!  

This is our traditional Christmas picture.  I will never forget the first picture that was taken like this (back in 2015) with these two boys.  Scotty was 2 years old and Leo was 7 months old.  Now they are 9 and 7!

Our second Christmas, this time with Rebeca and family, on January 2nd.

Having a night snack

What a disaster trying to make the gingerbread houses on January 3rd.  We gave up trying to get the walls to stand up and the roof to stay put.  So we decided to just lay them down and decorate them that way.  Then we just threw them away.  It was fun decorating anyway.

In the evening on January 3rd we picked up food from Taco Cabana to take over to Mom's house for a small Christmas gathering.

Ophelia, Mom, Scotty, Leo and Oliver

It's been a while since I've been able to upload videos on Blogspot.  I'm not sure why this site hasn't been allowing videos. I could do it on my own if I looked up the HTML on how to do it, but I haven't had time to do that.  Anyway, above is a picture where we are all singing Christmas carols.  There's a good video of it, so maybe some day.  Mom was so happy to sing Christmas songs..

After the gathering at Mom's house, Guillermo and I went with Rebeca and family and Fernando and Leo to the Riverwalk.  

After walking around, we stopped at the Rainforest Cafe and sat outside and had something to drink.

The next day, January 4th, we went to a German restaurant - "Little Gretel" - in Boerne.  

After that good lunch, then we walked along the river that was across the street from the restaurant and walked into town a little bit to get an ice cream.