I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...

So I don't post anything for weeks, and then post 2 posts in as many days. I just couldn't resist showing off some "snow pictures". Here are a few we took today when we went to Jeff's house (Jeff is one of Andrew's co-workers):

Amber and I in our "snow gear"

Here's a closer look

"Hi everyone!"


We've had quite a bit of snow, both last night and this afternoon, and it looks like we may get some more in the next day or two. Lucky for us, we aren't going anywhere for the holidays, so we can enjoy the snow without worrying about having to drive in it or be stuck in the airport because of it. To those who will be traveling, please be safe!


Have a Merry Christmas !


P.S.: Thanks to everyone who voted for Amber! She didn't make it to the finals, but it was still fun to participate in the contest. =)

VOTE FOR AMBER !

No, no, she's not running for President (yet).

This might sound cheesy, but we sent Amber's picture to a website called Celebrity Baby Blog. The website posts (what else?) pictures and news stories about celebrities' babies and kids, and it has a contest going on right now to find kids who look most like celebrity babies. Amber is in a group of 10 babies that look like Shiloh Jolie-Pitt. Voting is taking place today, so please vote for her! Here is the site...

http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/12/celebrity-bab-5.html

Here are bigger pictures of Shiloh and Amber (the pictures in the website are pretty small)

Christmas Pictures!

Today Amber had her Christmas / One Year pictures taken. She had a great time smiling and playing with the props (as you can see below). Anyway, here are a few poses!

My snowball

Posing "in the woods"

Chillin' on the sleigh

My Snowball 2 (zoomed out)

Ha ha ha
(or should we say Ho Ho Ho?)

Holiday Spirit at Macy's

Just wanted to post a short comment about something nice that happened to me last Friday.

I was running some errands and had seen an ad on TV for a big One Day Sale at Macy's. One of the items on sale was a roaster pan (for $ 5.99) and we needed one for our Thanksgiving turkey. I wasn't sure I'd read the price right, so I went by Macy's on my way home to find out if they had any of the pans and if they were really that inexpensive. Once at the store, I waited my turn to speak to one of the salespeople and ended up talking to an employee named Angela. She told me that yes, they had a roaster pan at the price I saw on TV (the regular price was $ 20.00), and walked me over to the area where the pans were. I was about to ask her if I needed to come back on Saturday, the day of the sale (this item was one of their "doorbusters") and if maybe she could put one on hold for me until then, when she said "I'll take care of ya", took one of the pans over to the register, put another barcode sticker on it and rang it up at the sale price. We wished each other "Happy Holidays" and I went on my way with a smile on my face.

Don't know if Angela was spreading holiday cheer a little early or if she does this type of stuff year-round, but I know that her small gesture made my day!


Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!




Vanesa


PS: Thanks to those who participated in the M&M poll, and I guess we had an overwhelming majority (of 3 votes) who chose Peanut. As an avid dark chocolate fan, all I can say is you're missing out!

Halloween Pictures (and poll results)

Well, as you may have seen, 3 out of our 5 poll voters predicted Andrew would bring back a pile of stinky laundry, and that's all he brought back! He's disappointed over the lack of elk, deer and any other worthwile prey, but he still had a good time riding horses, doing some male bonding and getting to see some of eastern Idaho country. He took a few pictures, and we'll try to post them soon.

In other news... yesterday was Amber's first (real) Halloween. Let's face it, she was only 3 weeks old at Halloween time last year, so she didn't care about much other than her bottle, a clean diaper and a lot of sleep. We only went trick or treating to a couple of the houses in our neighborhood, but still got some good stuff, and Amber got her first taste of M&M's (loooved them, by the way). Here are a few pictures...




Our little M&M posing with Mom next to our Halloween decorations.










Our super-duper "porcu-pumpkin" (wish I could take credit for the idea, but it came from a catalog)












Amber's rockin' Halloween hoodie










Happy Halloween, everyone! (and don't forget to take the M&M poll at the bottom of the page)

Our very first blog post!

Well, we have officially joined the bloggers army =). Amber has had her own website for the past year, but we thought a "family blog" would be a good idea. So what's up with the Bells in Meridian, Idaho, you ask?


- Amber had her first birthday party on October 6th. It was a joint party with her cousins Alyssa and Jessica (see pic below), whose birthdays are also in October.

- Andrew, as you can probably tell by the poll at the bottom of the page, went hunting this week. It's his first time hunting in many years, so he was pretty excited to go.


- I (Vanesa) have been quite busy working as a freelance interpreter in nearby hospitals and also in court. I am now approved to work in immigration court, but have yet to interpret in my first immigration case.


Those are our updates for now, but we will keep the posts coming...



Vanesa