Sunday, December 25, 2005

The Ornament Tradition!!!


A tradition started in 2000. As all young couples do, our first tree was filled with the cheapest ornaments we could find. Each year Elisa and I choose one special ornament to replace the cheap ones. Unboxing the ornaments and decorating the tree becomes more and more exciting every year. This year's ornament was a treasure found at a quaint little Home Decor shop close to our house.

La Tradicion de Ornamento
Esta tradicion comenso en el ano 2000. Como toda pareja casada joven, nuestro primer arbol de navidad fue decorado don ornamentos de muy bajo precio. Cada ano Elisa y yo escojemos un ornamento muy especial para remplasar los antiguos. Como pueden ver en la foto este es el que escojimos este ano. Sacar los ornamentos cada ano para decorar el arbol es mas especial. Este ano este ornamento fue un pequeno tesoro que encontramos en una tiendita de decoraciones cerca a la casa donde vivimos.

Looks like Santa came to the Hoefen house this year. She was on the "NICE" list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Se ve que Santa llego a la casa de los Hoefen este ano. Kayla estaba en la lista de ninas buenas!!!

Merry Christmas from Kayla!!!!!!!!!!!! This is art that Kayla created at Day Care (thanks Maggie)!!!!!!!!!!!

Feliz Navidad de Kayla!!!!!!!! Esto es un trabajo manual que Kayla creo en su escuelita (gracias a la maestra Maggie) !!!!!

Sunday, December 18, 2005

My version of Rochester's Liberty Pole. I missed it so much I tried to re-create it!!! The tallest Christmas Light Feature on Windward Parkway. It's amazing how many people ask "How do you get to the top of the flagpole to attach the lights?" (Hint - how do you get a flag to the top of a flagpole???)

A day with the cousins


Linda, Alex, Kayla, Brian, Stephanie, and Amanda

The best part of traveling to Orlando is the time Kayla gets to spend with her cousins.

Is that Ceviche next to the Turkey???

We drove down to Orlando to spend Thanksgiving with the Melgarejo side of the family. The food was great and PLENTY. We all met at Silvia and Adrian's house for the first time. It was great to be with family over the holidays.