beginning of December roundup

Oh December.  So busy.  So exhausting.  But sooo fun!

We got a wee little Christmas tree.

and decorated it. (thanks Mom!)

Then hosted a birthday party for our dear friend, Michael Griffin.

We played that game where you have a famous person on your forehead and you ask questions.(??  You know the one...)

Then Mike and I took an evening and celebrated our Christmas, because we would not be in Prague on December 25th.  We started with gingerbread lattes..

walked up to the castle grounds..

made out overlooking the city..  (kidding!!)

then came home and opened presents and ate a very Czech dinner.  Goulash and dumplings.  Yum!

We have been part of a bible study since October with 6 other couples.  We had a great Christmas party with them, where we ate a ton of food and had a ridiculous white elephant exchange.  I love these people.  Unfortunately we were also saying goodbye to 2 of the couples that were moving away from Prague in December.  Sadness.  These photos are the group of us showing off our newly acquired gifts.

And then we were off to Paris, Egypt and the Middle East for the rest of the month..  More to come...

Loves. Leah

November roundup

November was a good and relaxing month.  I made this delicious "wifesaver" type breakfast, except with real potatoes and veg and dill...

and Mike grew a mustache.

Happy Movember!! 

You must start with a freshly shaved face, (which I had not seen since we were dating!)

then keep growing it until you look like..  well, I'll let you decide.

Also we got Al and Joyce's Christmas gifts in the mail just before the month was over!  It was so sad to see them sitting in the corner for soooo long.  The patience I displayed for that 3 weeks before opening was commendable.

October roundup

At the beginning of the month, I took my friends daughter, Beatrice, to the pumpkin farm with her nursery class.  She is so fun, sweet and full of life!  I had a great (and a bit exhausting..) day playing at the farm with her.

This video makes me giggle every time.

We also celebrated Thanksgiving by cooking a MASSIVE and delicious dinner with our friends Jaqueline and Michael Griffin.

09.10.10 Thanksgiving!

And then my parents came out to visit!!!  And we went on a massive road trip to Italy!  But I'm going to save all that for the next post..

this is for Dad

Our flights this summer were with Malev Airlines, which is based in Budapest, Hungary.  Naturally we had stopovers and time to kill in the airport.  And *naturally* when you are in Hungary, there will be Hungarian salami.  My dad's sandwich meat of choice for the last 30 years.

My father is a creature of habit and has been eating Hungarian salami sandwiches with Miracle Whip and white bread for more than half his life.  I have very fond memories of Dad making his lunch in the mornings, me sleepily trying to keep up with his morning enthusiasm, and him putting about 3 or 4 of these sandwiches in his lunch kit.  I know this habit has been adjusted a liiittle bit lately, but it is still his sandwich love.

So anyways..  these photos are for you, Dad!  Love you!

how inspiring is this??

I really hope this movie comes to Prague...

i know you've seen and loved this..

but have you seen this one??

heehee!  doesn't everyone love a good mustache??

Park(ing) Day 2010

Mike showed me this today and we thought it was a cool thing that people were doing to "re-claim" the streets.  It's happening today, all over the world.  So if you miss it, think about it for next year...

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But I really cant complain. I start working part time this week. Whoo hoo!

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MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

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and she goes for the dip..

i was just looking at some random videos that were on my camera.  this one makes me laugh hysterically every time!  watch as she goes for the dip at the end..  love love love you teen!



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mexican night

so i just took a little break from photo editing to talk to my mom and dad on skype.  i told them we were having mexican night tonight and making fajitas, and drinking tequila, and that mike might even shave off his beard so he could have a dirty mustache.  mom said "oh, like the old el paso commercial!  you know, the one where they trade the dog in for a chihuahua."



now we've been inspired.  thanks mom!

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now..

mike is making me an omelet (is that really how to spell it??) right now while i work on blog and photo stuff...  mmmm...

posts and photos coming soon

and ps.  mike's dad started a blog for their trip.  the fam was visiting from july 2-20.  his address is ajboldt.wordpress.com, but you'll need to ask for permissions to view it.

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happy fathers day to the best dad ever!

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really??!

we just had 3, 20-year-old boys stay at our place for 3 nights. very sweet, polite boys. it was very easy for me to feel relaxed about them staying here.

however i currently do not have *any* toilet paper in the house!! really??!! they've used 9 rolls in 3 days?!  could've been more even!!  but i swear we had at least 9 rolls left...  shocking.


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your monday pick-me-up

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too true

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i like

how sweet is this drawing??

by nan lawson

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