Muchas Fiestas!

Here's to the start of a great 2011! Celebrating New Years and Ricardo's Birthday in Bilbao with the de Abiega's. Delicious spanish tapas for a traditional New Year's dinner (followed by 12 grapes at the strike of midnight) and a weekend of skiing in the Pirrenes.

Christmas Vacation

Home for the holidays and lovin' it!
no cell phone or internet, eating yummy food (a bit too much), meeting good friends, a little wedding planning, spending time with the fam, christmas parties with the neighbors, and even a little snow.

Cracker Barrel with Kellye-O
Lunch out with Lynn, Suz, Addie and Mom (before the 1st and final fitting!)Making cookiesAddie and Babaw- I'm not sure who the gift was for =) Merry Christmas from the Richards!

Holiday Heat

off to Manila- Despite the 90 degree temperatures, it still oddly was beginning to look a lot like Christmas. It's a very big holiday there- lots of christmas decorations, parties, music and shopping. and must say a nice change from last week's weather.

dinner with the team the city Transportation

Divisoria market- more for the culture than the shopping

Winter Wonderland

a week in Copenhagen (snowy and cold, but completely in the holiday spirit)- Christmas Party, a nice Swedish dinner w/ the Engberg's and a week of training.

HOME!

Home for Thanksgiving! and this time I brought my fiance :-)

started with the Cake Boss in Hoboken to sample some yummy cakes and pick out our design. Mauro's in the background, but we didn't know who he was at the time (thus cutting him out) the new World Trade Center already on the 40th floor!

Home in time for Turkey! Addie before she had to give Ricardo his shots =)

learning golf with Babaw- she had us rolling!

we didn't plan to meet up with Meghan- but glad we ran into her at the game

our good friends Jack, Lynn and Lee hosted an engagement party for us after the game. Such a great night with family: Mom and Dad, Rod, Suz and Addie, Aunt Linda and Uncle Steve, cousins Sissy and Annie and their families and adopted family Tammy and Eddie =) Luckily we get to celebrate with you again in April!

visit to Chengdu, China

what a whirlwind! US, Spain, Denmark and China before heading home for the Holidays. Here's a few shots from my trip to the Panda breeding center, dinners out with colleagues and a bit of chinese entertainment.

what a way to nap! they were absolutely adorable- though very lazy guys!

these excercise parks are all over china for adults to use- how funny!

hot pot dinner (famous in the sechuan region)

a changing faces dancer at the chinese opera house

Weekend in Paris

both of us have been here many times, never together. I had to be in Copenhagen for 2 weeks, Ricardo in Madrid- so being the abnormal people we are- we picked a weekend destination with the latest Sunday flight times. We were lucky enough to stay with our 2 close friends, Oscar and Esther. Wonderful weekend with food, wine, friends and beautiful sights. (not so great weather!)

at the Louvre

getting in the holiday spirit! cannot wait to be home for the holidays!