Merry Christmas.... 2 days until Austria!

Merry Christmas!!

I hope all of you who read my blog have happy holidays!! Here are 2 x-mas layouts from me!

And then there is time for snow!! Lots of snow! This photo was taken 2 years ago... but only 2 days from now we will be driving to Austria again to go skiing, enjoy the snow, the Glühwein etc... You will be able to read our update (hopefully we can connect to wifi in the hotel) here on my Fusch blog
So I will leave it at this because I am going to watch all you need is love now.... the christmas special :)... Have a great Christmas!

10 days until Christmas... a year in review!

Only two weeks to go and 2008 comes to an end... it was a good year for me (and for the family). We had the opportunity to travel a lot. After our trip to Cochem in december 2007, we spent a weekend in Weerterbergen, another weekend in the Ardennes in Belgium in June and for summerbreak we spend 12 days on Crete, Greece. In October it was time for our trip to Disneyland Paris

And then... I had to travel for work... so at the end of October/beginning of November I travelled to Aruba and Curacao! That was so much fun, especially because I was able to visit my friend Petrina. In November I returned from this trip and the December celebrations started to take off! And now? Now it's just 10 days away from our ski holiday in Fusch, Austria!! And this was only 2008!! I will be back to Aruba in January, we have planned our trip to Florida with the family and we have also set a fall break trip to Belgium in October (because my mom turns 65 and we have to celebrate such things in life, right?)

We have all been in good health (except for the strained muscle that Andy got from tabletennis in Crete) and I hope we will continue like this in 2009!

Have a great last 2 weeks... enjoy Christmas and have a fantastic 2009!

Snow and Christmasmarket

Hi!

I took the day off work today and went shopping with my mom! We headed for Germany, a town called Bocholt, near the Dutch border. I checked on the internet if there would be a Christmas market and there was!
So I dropped the boys off at school (where all the teachers were welcoming the kids singing Christmas Carols) and picked up my mom. A little over an hour later we arrived at the parking lot behind the Arkaden, a new shopping mall in the center of the town.

First things first so we headed for the bakery to get coffee and cake! We shared apple cake and Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte (Black forest Cherry Cake), we couldn't chose so we had half of each!

By the time we finished the coffee (and the cake!) it started to snow!

We did some good shopping for shoes, scarf and hat for one of the boys, some toiletries for our ski vacation (in 2,5 weeks) etc... Did you know that I will post a trip report about our ski vacation here? Anyway...after the shopping we had lunch, shopped some more and then headed back to our own little country! Back home I picked up the boys, made dinner and decorated the Christmas tree! Will post pics of the tree later this week!

This week I did one layout with a new kit by Melissa Bennett... I really like the elements in this kit!!

And this is the layout I made with it:

Image is linked for credits

Two more days at work and Friday off again because the youngest has a day off school on Friday... and then only one more week until 2 weeks Christmasbreak!!!

Have a good day!

Karen

Just 2 new layouts...

Hi,

I had a great evening last night because someone tracked me on the internet and I haven't seen him in about 15 years! Enric worked for a disco called Menfis where I spent a lot of time in the early '90s! I was working as a rep in Calella, Spain. I worked there for 3 summers but most years I also went there in May for a week to see my friends and party! Needless to say I have great memories of that time but I lost contact with most of my friends from that time (and one passed away a few years ago). So it was great to hear from someone from the old days again!

Then I also had a little time to scrap:

I have to take Mauro to swimming class now, something he really hates (because of the cold water) even though he is almost good enough for the final test. Today he has to practice with his clothes on in the water... he says he does not want to go so I have to make him.... wish me luck!