Our New Nephew

Meet Hudson James Norman Kuypers (9lb 6oz / 4.260kg). 

 Born to Wayne (Tony's brother) and Leonie Kuypers in New Zealand on Sunday, December 18th.  

We love you Hudson!

Christmas Tea

Here we go: Year Five (!) of our Annual Christmas Tea at the St. Regis, Monarch Bay.  

Thank you Lord for the blessing of Godly friends :-)

Christy and I doing our "Prom Pose."  Heidi's taking the picture.

Turkey Trot

My wonderful sister ran the Long Beach Turkey Trot with me on Thanksgiving morning.  As we crossed the finish line Miss Long Beach gave me a pie (random).  Let me tell you- Thanksgiving Dinner tasted a whole lot better since we had to work for it!

After all the months of not being able to walk post-foot surgery, it was an incredible blessing to run the 3.1 miles.  Especially with my sister!! Love you Katie :-)

O Christmas Tree

Fall Decorations

Felt very domestic and made this banner to hang in our front window for Thanksgiving.  

Tamales!!!

My friend Amy saw a Groupon for a tamale-making class and invited me along.  Somewhere along the way we decided it would be even more fun to make them ourselves at home, so we nixed the Groupon idea and went on a quest to create the perfect tamale. 

I researched recipe's, got advice from people who'd made tamales for decades, and visited the local bodega.  Then Amy and I rolled up our sleeves and spent a Saturday cooking, shredding, boiling, steaming, assembling and eating the YUMMIEST tamales.  Fun times :-)

Shredding the Chicken

 Creating the Chili Sauce

Amy with the Masa and Chili Sauce 

Sneaking a bite

Enjoying the finished product 

Thanks for the fun times Amy!