Boxing Day in Inca, Mallorca

Boxing day was spent with the members (especially the youths) playing basketball. It was a very enjoyable morning with the missionary sisters and other elders from other areas of the islands. The activity was supposed to start at 10:30am, but it all began at 11:30am. I woke up early that morning to make some chocolate and jam "crepes" for refreshments. Even though I did not want to play, I had fun taking pictures of anything I could find interesting around. The activity was held at a really nice park in Inca. It was my first time there, so everything was basically new for me! 

Yummy "Pomme cannelle moelleux" with whipped cream.

I made this "apple/nuts/cinnamon cake" and took it
to the activity 

 I was amazed when I saw these on our way to the park...

In this cold season, the roses were beautiful treasures to me...

 Marques and his bright orange jacket, getting ready to have some fun!

The only snowman in Inca!

Horses as pets... The horse riders were having a hard time controlling their horse away from the rubbish bin.

See Santa? He is climbing the balcony to reach the roof!

People started to put those "Santa puppet" on their balcony
right in the beginning of December.

This beautiful white cat was walking in the street until one of
the youth grabbed it.

 I thought that this couple looked cute! They are statues put in one of the gardens. I thought that they were a great symbol of everlasting love...

Around 2pm, we had lunch with Juan Benasec's family. He is a good friend of ours and he is the one who takes Marques to practice. We had a nice "paella" lunch. It is made with rice, seafood and any kind of meat you want to put in. It was delicious and filling!

Paella before the rice is added.

Marques and the Chef of the day.

Adding the rice with the Paella.

Rice being cooked.

Marques ready to eat!

Paella all ready for our stomach!

Using newspapers to keep the heat...

Juan and his baby grand nephew Alejandro.

Enjoying...

With Juan's family.

Don't you think he could be ours? :)

Christmas 2011 Recap!

FELIZ NAVIDAD! FELIZ NAVIDAD!

December 24th & 25th, 2011

From left to right: Marques, Shaun, Many, Juan, Oscar, Micky, Maria, Romi,
Micky's brother and Kane

How about lobsters for Christmas Eve?

Ben, Romi's brother, cooking the BIG turkey.

Crackers.. 

This is beautiful Emma, Romi's niece, from Australia. She wanted
to be the princess on Christmas day

Micky (one of Marques' teammates)'s girlfriend

This year, Marques and I celebrated Christmas in Spain, on the island of Mallorca. We spent Christmas Eve with Juan DelaCruz's family in Palma de Mallorca. It was nice, and there was a lot of food. Juan's wife, Romi, made delicious food such as crabs, lobster, and much more of the seafood selection. The next day, December 25th, we spent time with Romi's family from England. We had a huge turkey and a variety of stuffing. We also got to pop some crackers. I guess it is part of the British culture! It was fun, and we enjoyed the beautiful view of the place. I hope that the pictures were enough to describe the moments!

I just loved it when I saw those flowers. Since we left the islands, I could barely find any around me. So, I thought, why not take some shots?

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I just love this cat. His name is Tweety. It reminded me of my roomie Jess little bird (even though she does not agree that it is a bird) from the cartoon. I thought of how contradicting it is to name the cat Tweety, when in the cartoon Tweety is the bird who is trying not to be eaten by the cat Sylvester!

Another thing that we did on Christmas day was to give out some special treats on our way to Church. Indeed, Marques and I baked "Spanish coconut cookies" the night before and I wrapped them nicely ready to be handed. We also did wrapped up some gifts to give to our friends. One of the most precious gift of all was the Book of Mormon in Spanish. 

Marques shaping the cookies.

Coconut cookies ready to be baked!

All baked!

Ready to be eaten!