Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!
Here is little Santa's helper~

stuffed tummy with great food~

Great handmade Xmas ornaments by grand ma!

My first baked french toast for Xmas morning.
soak bread for 8 hours,

add brown sugar and blue berry on top, and bake

and this is what it looks like...
amazing taste!

End the night with Mochi

and Oden!

white elephant gift.
this is instant occupied Oakland bandanna!

log log log

and killer mushroom...

matt trying his new yoga mat.
I would keep that tong in the mouth, if I were you...

fun time!

Coffy break!
you know me too well. thanks!!

Happy Birthday to you!!
nice blue box!

and got fondued out!
Thanks for great time and dinner always, backy-san!

Cookie making

my first cookie exchange.
I tried so hard to make KON.

and this is what it looks like

and all these wonderful cookies, I got them in exchange!!
cookied out!

made another version.
it's matkie. matt cookie...

not so easy garlic peeling

saw a easy way to peel garlic on youtube.
so, we tried.
put garlic in the bowl
cover with another bowl

shake it really hard

open.
and everything should be peeled....
but it was not...
guess we need way way bigger bowls for this.
matt got good work out! aha!

friends

Thanks great friends for another fun year!
Charlie's butt

good luck in NY, girl!

fun, girl!

yeah! girl!

Johnny's end of year concert.
Fun! thanks girls!

work, girls!

Tamales day~

Lopez's annual tamales making day.
I got to do only the fun part!!
first, open husk

put masa

put Chile

fold

and done!

steam for long time, and eat!

made about 146 tamales that day~
team work!

thanks for shopping!

These lovely ladies bought my half done bags at craft get together!!!
Thanks!
"The artistic stitching job bag"

"The fabric ironed on kind of funny bag"

"The best bag"

It's season~

It's Christmas season, and it's looking like Christmas.
Went to Lady's tea party.
Mom! they use same tea cup~

Matt's parents got real tree!!
Easy assembly, right?

Santa is up too

Found pix of Matt and Santa from few years ago!

put lights, and more

We did little tree for work too!

and this is our tree at home.

$3 fake little tree... looking for an up grade next year...

Enough Santa?

This ornament, Matt made when he was in first grade!!!

Tree grow timelaps!

project started 7:30 in the morning!
Thanks EI for great work~

oh, I love dogs

This is how we communicate<3

flying bike

much more space in the room.
now bike is flying~!