Christmas comes early for the Miller boys!

We celebrated Christmas early so we could have our own little family time before we fly to the U.S. for the Holidays. Cyrus and Talen wanted a guitar and lessons. We are still working on possible teachers.
Brodie wanted books!
We can't wait to celebrate on the 25th with all of our family in AZ, see you soon!

Cyrus and Talen worked very hard this quarter and earned a Nintendo DS, they are in Heaven!

Canadian Meat pies!

I know, I know, I am not Canadian, but sometimes my friend Carolyn makes me wish I was. Anyway there is a village named Shetie Camp where the recipe for this pie comes from, and Carolyn taught me how to make them yesterday. It is a Christmas tradition for the Mackay family, that I plan to adopt. I made 7!! Most will be given to friends as gifts, and the others we will enjoy. Thanks Carolyn for always teaching me something new.

Also the 2 plants on the top of the table are Bobbi (on the left) and Jeffy (on the right) the boys named them. I am very proud that I have been able to keep them alive, ( I usually kill everything green). Jeffy was dying, but when we put Bobbi next to him, he started to look much better. Jeffy even leans a little towards Bobbi now. This is no direct relation to the real Jeffy and Bobbi, but I thought it was pretty cool anyway!

Brodie is all grown up!

Brodie turned 19 months on the 4th, but he thinks he is 19 years! He is very independent and will not allow us to feed him anymore. He takes great pride in his bowl of cereal, even drinking the milk out of the bowl when he is finished. Hooray for Brodie!

All Done!

Budapest (Buda pesht)

JD had to go to Budapest for training last week and I was able to tag along. The city is very beautiful! We were able to do some Christmas shopping at a big outdoor Christmas market with musicians, spiced cider, and cinnamon bread! What more do you need to get into the holiday spirit! I also tried goulash for the first time and loved it so much I have been looking for a good recipe on line. Let me know if any of you have one!

The funny thing about Pokrovsly Hills

One of the things that cracks me up about living in Pokrovsky Hills is the "green men" They do everything for us, including changing light bulbs! However they always do everything in groups. This is a photo of them raking leaves, there must be at least 8 of them all in the same spot! They mow the lawns this way too. Usually this time of year they should be shoveling snow, however you can see that this winter is unusually warm, (49* yesterday).