Can you solve our Colorful Christmas Crossword (2008)?

This year's Christmas puzzle is a fun, themed crossword. And there is a secret surprise video if you are able to solve it. Take a look at our Christmas Puzzle for 2008.

Note: The answer key is posted now, but try to solve it without looking at it.

Thanksgiving 2008 - Turkey for Dessert

We are really thankful for any opportunities to get together with family to talk, laugh and play. This year there were 16 around the table(s) at Mum & Dad's.

If you'd like to see some of the photos, click the link to our Thanksgiving 2008 Photo Album. You can view individual photos, or you can click on the "Slideshow" button.

By the way, the photo above is of Felicia's croquembouche dessert (chocolate and orange filled cream puffs), decorated as a cute turkey.

We won Best In Show for our Halloween Costumes

As part of our annual Halloween tradition, we come up with a "family theme" for our costumes. This year we went as the Characters from Clue. We entered in to two local Halloween costume contests and in both we won first place for the group category. In addition, we won a special trophy for "Best In Show".

Take a look at our costumes for this year and years past

Photos from Our Trip Around Iceland

We just got back from a 2-week vacation in Iceland. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking and we saw lots of things on our drive all around Iceland.

To see the photos, click on our Iceland Photo Album. If you want to see it as a slideshow, click the "Slideshow" button. You might want to increase the duration to 5 or 6 seconds per picture if you want to read the captions.

Happy New Year 2008!

Photos from New Year's Eve
While the kids were with grandparents and other family, Felicia and I got to be grown-ups and have an evening out.

It was a great celebration at the Claremont Hotel with jazz, salsa, swing, etc. There was a dinner show with music from the decades, dance lessons, a comedy club and a casino. All in all a fun way to ring in the New Year!