Ode to Iris

Luca, the calmest baby to have ever sat with Santa. haha!

Christmas in Manila, 2012

Grandma's Pannukakku recipe.  It was a foot high coming out of the oven!

coooookiiiiiesssssssssss

Christmas baking begins..with biscotti

Jude, with a new haircut

                                                        

la cucaracha

I just need to vent for a moment.

I hate cockroaches.  They are ugly, fast, disgusting and happen to run around at 104B (our place) when the lights are out.  Last night Tony killed 3 in the span of 10 minutes and unfortunately I AM always the one to spot them (usually in the kitchen)

I just wikipedia-ed "cockroach" and read something disturbing:

 "Cockroaches are among the hardiest of insects.  Some species are capable of remaining active for a month without food and are able to survive on limited resources, such as the glue from the back of postage stamps.  Some can go without air for 45 minutes. In one experiment, cockroaches were able to recover from being submerged underwater for half an hour."

let the christmas decorating begin...

our thanksgiving

More south korea

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

south korea trip

Playing catch up..Halloween 2012