Thursday, January 24, 2008

And the Answer Is..........

Ok, Ok, I apologize for not posting the answer sooner!!!! Thank you for all the guesses. We had many of our own for about a month until one evening in December we finally discovered the answer . . .




As you can see, this strange contraption was a Christmas decoration! Brad and I played this same little guessing game for weeks until we finally saw the thing all lit up. Thanks for playing!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

The Answer is Coming Soon!!!!

I wanted to let you all know that I have not meant to leave you hanging! Thanks for all the guesses and I will post the answer soon! We've been having problems getting the You Tube Video to work, but hopefully it will soon!

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Chile Quiz


Quick Quiz ----- What do you all think this is?????
Take a Guess!!!!!!!!

Monday, January 7, 2008

Pancake Magic

Brad & I have started a tradition of Brad making pancakes every weekend. There is just something really wonderful about our pancake mornings! Anyway, here was the artist at work for Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Pretty good, eh?!!

Nothing says Christmas morning like star & Christmas tree pancakes!

Happy 2008!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Christmas at the Beach!

Since it is summer in Chile, we decided to go to the beach for Christmas! We took a bus, 2 hours west, to the cities of Valparaiso and Viña del Mar. We really enjoyed our time there and the people seemed so different from Santiaguans - so nice!

Valparaiso was once a very important port city in the Pacific, before the Panama Canal. Now it is still a main port for Chile, but not as important globally. Much of the city is built into the hills, which allows for beautiful views of the ocean. There are a lot of pictures that follow, but if you want more, visit our flickr photostream!

The drive to the beach goes through the Casablanca white wine region of Chile!
It was amazing how many grapes are grown there!

One of Pablo Neruda's (Chilean Poet & Writer) houses

Looking out over Valparaiso from Neruda's house

Looking out over Valparaiso, towards Viña

The hills of Valparaiso

Port of Valpariaso

Full Moon over the Pacific.
This picture was taken from a restaurant where we ate the
best machas (razor clams covered in melted parmesan cheese!)

Chilean Armada

Candy Canes on the beach - courtesy of Aunt Sherri & Uncle Chip, Aunt Connie & Uncle Steve!
Thanks!