Apologies

Sorry all, that it's been so long since my last Blog posting. The Christmas holidays, a visit from my mother-in-law ("ma belle-mere" in French, literally translates as my beautiful mother), 2 trips out of the country and being completely addicted to reading Harry Potter books has slightly distracted me.

Christmas was great. There was snow on the field behind our place-- truly a white Christmas! Anna opened presents ALL DAY LONG. Amazing what her 'monga' (that's how Anna says Grandma) could fit into her two suitcases!

We were very blessed to have James' mom here for Christmas, as it somewhat lessened our sadness for not being with the rest of our family. We did see the rest of the family on Christmas eve and Christmas--- Skype is an amazing, free video website. This is a photo of our Christmas Skype with the California Melcher-Anderson crew.

Hmmm... still have to report on our trips to Brussels (Bruxelles) and Salzburg over the holidays, but Anna's nap is over, so I'll do that later.

Happy New Year.