Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

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!