Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Christmas a little early!

We just set up our Christmas Tree, a whole week before Thanksgiving.  We have been waiting to set it up since we bought it at the end of the season last year.  We also purchased our first set of decorations recently and are excited to start the season early.  This will be our first Christmas since getting hitched in May.  We listen to Christmas music on the radio in the morning and round down the nights with hot cocoa and made for t.v. Christmas movies on TBS.   The chill is in the air as the temperature has dropped below freezing a couple of days in the last week.  A fresh snow would be welcome as to bring more of that holiday spirit we crave.  While there has been snow on the ground for Christmas, in Seattle we've only experienced snowfall on December 25th five times since 1909, so we will cross our fingers for a white Christmas.  
If we have the opportunity this year we plan to travel to a small town just east of the Cascade Mountain Range call Leavenworth (see the added photo), a small Bavarian town great to visit during Oktoberfest and Christmas.  With Pino's new 1996 Chevrolet Blazer (new to him) with four wheel drive it should be a safe and adventurous  trip.
As the holiday season progresses we hope to keep you updated on the latest in our neck of the woods, with new pictures and more posts of our early Christmas!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

WHAT'S NEW?

Pino is still working at Competition Specialties.  It is hard to believe he as been there 6 months already.  He likes the job but he still has his heart set on becoming a police officer.  Unfortunately, he injured his knee about a month ago playing football.  Pino has been doing physical therapy twice a week trying to make his knee stronger.  We will find out more about how severe he really hurt his knee in December.
Traci has started her Farmers Insurance business and is working hard to get it off the ground.  Right now she can only work Farmers in her spare time as she is still working full time as a manager for Cellular World (AT&T).  She hopes to be a full time agent by February.