24 December 2008

happy xmas!

we are still in seattle, and sort of snowed in. our plan was to be in bellingham the past few days visiting andy's parents and sister but with all the snow and ice on the roads we decided to play it safe and stay put. we are both very sad that we didn't make it up there, the only good thing about it is we will be back so soon and will see everyone then.

we hope everyone that celebrates xmas has a great one this year!!! i'm looking forward to a good 'ol american spread tomorrow ;)

19 December 2008

We'll shortly be in Seattle, well in about 12 hours. Just waiting for the taxi to get us and heading to the airport. I'm very excited to come home for the holidays, and hoping the weather doesn't keep us from our plans too much. See you soon!!!

14 December 2008

Christmas came early at the Temer's

We're flying on Friday so it just didn't make sense to bring our presents back to Seattle and then bring them to London again. So, we decided to do Christmas tonight. I won't bore you with all the great presents that I gave Katherine. I do want to highlight one that she gave me.

As many of you know I get my sports fix here in the UK via my football team, the Spurs (Tottenham Hotspur FC). They are, in many ways, similar to the Mariners. Lots of resources, a good fan base, often good, rarely bad, almost never great. An excellent team for me.

Now, along with passing on my love for the Mariner's (and the angst that may bring), I will also be able to pass along my love for the Spurs, in probably the smallest possible way:

Can't wait to see Baby T(emer) rocking these!

10 December 2008

countdown

I am getting very excited about our trip to Seattle just over a week away! It's been 9 months since we've been home and I can't wait to see friends and family, and of course Christmas will be fun too!

03 December 2008

cinnabon in london!


a while back a friend of ours mentioned that he had walked by a brand new cinnabon on oxford street and that we should check it out sometime soon. i was very excited by this news. i can't remember the last time i actually had a cinnabon, but have fond memories of their caloric goodness from growing up. whenever my mom and i would venture to the mall when i was a kid i would always bring some home with me to heat up and eat later, carefully marking the box with my name so my dad was very clear these were not for him! so a few weeks ago andy, drew, stephen and i were in the area for dinner and popped to cinnabon for dessert. i had a minibon and it was about all i think i could manage at this point in my life, very sweet, but great nonetheless! ah, the little things you don't even realize you miss when you're not in america ;)

02 December 2008

Fab Weekend!

On Friday morning Andy and I headed to the airport on our way to Luxembourg to stay with Louis (Andy's co-worker) and his wife Hilary and baby Oliver. We spent Friday wandering around Lux with Louis, checking out some sites in the city, 2 Christmas Markets and doing a little shopping for the big Thanksgiving dinner happening that evening. We, of course, had some yummy food at the markets, potato pancakes, sausages, hot wine (1 red, 1 white! - none of us had experienced the white hot wine before) for the fellas, hot chocolate for me.

After a bit of touring about we headed back to their place to pick up Oliver from daycare, I got to drive the stroller there - great practice for the future ;) Then we got ready for the party. There were 11 adults and 3 kids, 4 out of the 6 women were pregnant so there was lots of baby chatter and drunk husbands (mine included, don't worry)! All the usual food was at dinner, I was wondering if some would be hard to come by, but there was turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, and lots and lots of pie, I believe there were 7 pies in total!

Saturday was a slow starting day, mostly due to 2 of the 4 of us with hangovers. Once we got going we went to a Lux rugby game. We were only there for the 2nd half, but it was lots of fun to watch. The sport is amazing, the guys that play are crazy how they don't seem to fazed about getting hurt. One guy somehow got his finger pointing in a very un-natural position and just ran to the side and had the coach snap it back into place and went on playing. To be fair, he only played for about 5 more minutes before coming out of the game obviously in some sort of pain but still! Then we headed to the International Bazaar held in what I think is a convention center. There were people there selling food and goods from probably about 40 countries from around the world. There was tons of great food, the products and crafts were a bit lacking though.

Sunday we went to Germany to a great Christmas Market. Everyone here says that the German markets are the best and this one did not let us down. There was loads of good things to buy as well as yummy food, more sausages and hot chocolate were had! I was able to pick up a few Christmas decorations that I'm looking forward to having for years to come. After the market we did a bit more exploring of Lux and then headed to the airport.

It was a great weekend, Louis, Hilary and Oliver are great hosts. I learned lots of baby and pregnancy tips from Hilary and it was great to play with Oliver.