Homemade Raviolis

Every Christmas it is a tradition, in my family, to have yummy homemade raviolis. Ever since I can remember, all of us grandchildren would head over to grandma's and grandpa's house to assemble the ravs! I was very close with my grandparents and loved them so much! So, not only is it our family's Italian tradition, it also reminds me of them and how we celebrated Christmas.

This year Seneca and I brought in the spirit of Christmas with homemade spinach and cheese raviolois.As you can see...she was very helpful! :)

This year I purchased a pasta roller. She was totally into this!

Love this! Never to early to teach your kids how to clean!

Getting into the Christmas Spirit

Seneca totally getting into Christmas this year! So fun to watch her!

She is so excited!

It was difficult for her to hang the ornaments on the tree so she placed them all here on a branch.

Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving and other fun stuff...

A few weeks ago we had the chance to go back to Nice. We decided this time to stay over night in Frejus; which was about half way and then drive the coast the rest of the way the next morning. It was a beautiful drive!

This was just absolutely beautiful because you have the red rock in the background against the blue Mediterranean sea.

Walking the streets of Nice (Old Town)

Random statue

This past week we headed to Germany to spend Thanksgiving with my sister's family. We joined my dad and grandparents. It was a lot of fun!

While we were there we went to Eppstein, Germany. Matt lived here for one year while he was in high school.

This is where his family lived.

Town of Eppstein

On Thursday we enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's house. My grandparents made an amazing dinner!

 The following day we briefly visited the Christmas Market...but it was soooo cold we decided to grab some dinner inside.

The following day Matt and I were grateful to be able to head to the Temple in Frankfurt.

Random shots from the week.

Seni with Papie Gilbert

Seni with mamie and papie

Seneca put this towel on her head and said, "mommy I get married". So cute!

That is it! It was a wonderful time to spend with some of our family in Germany. We sure did miss the rest of our families in the states!

"Meet the Parents" Moment

So, we were invited to an indoor water park not too far from here. We were very excited and quickly changed into our suits to get in the water. As Matt was getting into the pool the lifeguard blew his whistle at him. When he came over to talk with us, he explained that Matt's board shorts were apparently too modest for the French pool.  So, Matt was not allowed to get in until he changed into something more suitable--which of course we didn't have.  LUCKILY they had a vending machine full of all sorts of chic swim suits to choose from. After a LONG time waiting for Matt, he finally made his entrance to the pool, looking a bit like this...

While very normal here in Europe, his new suit had about 1/4 of the material he's used to with his California bathing suit. I really thought he looked great! But he just wasn't used to it...YET. :)

Afterward, we walked around the small village and got distracted by the leaves on the ground...