A little story about stress during the holidays!

Just received this one from my friend Kim Carlson.....Awesome.....

Feeling a little stressed?????
>A Christmas Story for people having a bad day:

>When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not
produce toys as
>fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas
pressure.
>Then Mrs Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which
stressed Santa even more.
>When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them
were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven
knows where.
>Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards
cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.
>Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a
shot of rum.
>When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all
the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped
the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the
kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all
the straw off the end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and an irritated Santa marched to the
door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas
tree.
>The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this
a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to
stick it?
>And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the
Christmas tree.
>Not a lot of people know this

Had To Post This

My MIL was recently made honest woman....I asked her, "Lynda what is going to be your first dance song"? She says, "It's a secret, but we love the show True Blood". Isn't this great? LOVE IT!

Mi Gargola....hecho por mano por Salley

We took advantage of a long weekend to visit the central Andean region of Huaraz. Beautiful mountains, rain (haven't seen that in forever), snow and the prettiest colored lagoon water I have ever seen. We hiked up to a very impressive lagoon at approx. 15,000 feet with all the accompanying high altitude side effects. All told it was a great trip, but a bit more acclimatization would have been nice. One other occurance of note would be the family that jumped out of a combi (van type taxi) with their very own sheep. You don't see that everyday. I highly recommend this trek.

We threw Gracie a "Peruvian Style" birthday party for her 11th bday this year. Lots of people, bouncy for the kids, lots of food, loud music, cotton candy machine. A good time was had by all. We'll see what next year brings....

Iquitos and the Peruvian Amazon

Connie and Dave joined us for a trip to Iquitos and the Amazon. Heath travels to Iquitos on a monthly basis and says this was the only time that it was cool. We actually wore jackets. That said, the jungle did not disappoint. Mosquitos, piraunas, monkeys, sloths, blow darts, native dances and big bugs.


Floating cities on the Amazon


A home along the Amazon


Betty the sloth


Piranha fishing is FUN! We ate this little guy for dinner. They come out of the water looking for a fight.


Amazonian school



Sitting on the trunk/roots of a huge Ceiba tree


Great trip....will probably make another short trip there....

We're Back

5 months between posts! Que horible.......I am constantly telling myself that I won't fall behind concerning such important as "Blogging". I promise, I promise and I promise to be better from now on. Lots have happened in these past months. Now I just need to tell you about it. Be ready...