elias maybe joining me one day....

on the road!!! :)

merry christmas to me...

so i backordered this off amazon and it didn't arrive in time to pass 'em out with my 'let it snow' cd. however, i managed to bake a bunch of pizelle cookies on christmas day and i think the little guy is now hooked.

until next year folks...

priceless

poor little jackson doesn't look happy...

getting ready for xmas '09

so the plan this year is to have my folks in town and i'll be roasting the bird....shall it be via cooks illustrated or martha stewart? i think i'll opt out of martha as i've been watching some of her xmas shows and she's too much of a spazz. i've made my annual selection for my mookie xmas cd - 'let it snow...' so some of you lucky folks will be receiving it in the coming days.

bye bye myrens

i used to think kids hated me.

prior to meeting odinn, i had never experienced a kid running from across the room to give me a kid's version of a bear hug. it could be because at the age of three little odinn probably thought, me being asian, that i was the perfect target to use his karate kid moves. but in time, whenever i paid the family a visit he was always happy to see me and to show me his latest talent, whether it be flips on the sofa or high kicks in the air. and them came, thord....born on his own mother's birthday. i hadn't spent as much quality time with odinn's little brother but i could see the same little spunk in this kid and knew that the two would be great companions for life.

well, a few years have passed since brynja returned from iceland and her job at the us consulate and now she's decided to go back 'home' to pursue her business degree. i'm sad to see the myren's go again but i know that this will be an amazing opportunity for her and her family. and selfishly a good excuse for me to hit the blue lagoon and visit her in 2010.

good luck to you lady as you hit the books and struggle with exams and hard deadlines. and odinn and thord, be good to your mother and enjoy the amazing opportunities that a lot of little kids your age would never have....

love you to bits - xo.