a day on the mountain

Auron Ski Mountain
French Alpes

 

 snowboard trio

 drive to the mountain

 blue sky peeking through

 foggy window

 no words

 ski lift

 "chill-out ski"

 magnifique!

 brothers: tonio & sebastien

 no crowds =)

 my husband

 feet

 majesty

 the board i used

map

 view from the summit

 waffle and crepe with nutella...mmmm...coffee and tea

 fun to snowboard together

and that's all folks...

(seb made good use of his boots - time for a new pair)

thanks for joining us on the mountain

we had so much fun!

thank you Jesus for wonderful conditions and no injuries!

--L

des cadeaux de noël

christmas gifts

 tonio and i were blessed to have christmas at our home for our first christmas together

 yep, another one

 tonio bought me flowers christmas morning - such a wonderful husband

 pierre prepares the traditional french meal oysters...raw...tastes like the ocean ;)

 gift opening sequence - thanks seb for taking these

 ahhh...cute card

 ahh...a huge blessing

 thank you!

 nice face t

 seb bought us a sword and princess wand - ha!

 and slippers for everyone - guys got pink...girls green

 nancy, aunt cricri, pierre, uncle rob

 livingroom hang out

 still at it

 brother and sister

this is what the puzzle looks like today - 27 décembre, 2010...a bit more challenging than the other one

merci to pierre, nancy, rob, cricri, seb, and my amazing husband for making this such a special day...

christmas eve

puzzlemania

 at first, the plan was to finish the puzzle before dinner, but cold turkey didn't sound appetizing

 mother and sons

 sebastien gives it the OK

 after a communion/worship service at church, we had dinner at pierre and nancy's home

they prepared a wonderful meal

 merci pierre et nancy!

 le fin

about 4 hours total

 well done everyone

 checking out the masterpiece

 seb

seb taking a picture of me

richesses du monde

riches of the world
a game similar to monopoly, but more interesting

 tonio and i visited his friends today - he is like family to them

we ate, chatted, spoke in english, french, german (not me), and linzish (<--that's my tired language, where i make-up words when i can't think of the right ones)

after eating, we played richesses du monde...you buy natural resources of different countries...USA and USSR had the most...yes, it's dated, but fun

 christmas decorations!!!

 tonio checks the rules

 this is what you get when you leave lindsey in the car to wait with a camera and it's raining outside and steamy inside the car

 miniature effect

 j'♥ nice

 i ♥ nice

 i love nice

fish eye effect

tomorrow is christmas eve!!!

joyeux noël!!!