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!