So many Hoidays, so little time...

There is certainly a lot to talk about since our last post, but first things first:

Ladies and Gentleman, please show your excitement for the 2006 Waszup League Fantasy Football Champion


Thank you Everyone, your applause warms Josh's heart. There are so many people that Josh needs to thank. First and foremost, Josh wants to thank his Mom for the birth and rearing with such awesome skills. And Josh wants to thank God for giving the ability to navigate a championship team through the perils of a 16 week fantasy season. It certainly wasn't easy, but Josh owes his success to his players. Coach couldn't have done it without you guys!
Peace and Love!

Ok, now that the important things are out of the way.

We bought a car! Check it out:
It's a Subaru and we like it. Leather Interior,
tape adapter for the iPod, steering wheel and misc. mirrors INCLUDED in the set. (I think it was the 24 piece set). Actually, we bought the iPod tape adapter the next day, but it doesn't seem like much of a deal with that excluded. Emily doesn't like it when I drive, but she doesn't like walking everywhere either. The whole 'being a passenger on the other side of the car' thing doesn't suit her, or my nerves, very well. Check out the flickr site to see a pic of her pretending to drive.



And then there was Christmas Day. Not quite what we were used to, seeing as we were camping amongst the premier trailer park in New Zealand. It was pretty perfect. And czech out our Christmas Tree:


Was it illegal to cut the branches off of that tree and decorate them? Probably, but who are you, the fun police? Our Christmas trip was highlighted by a night under a rain-fly rudely interrupted by the unmistakable sound of a hedgehog digging in the 'Cookie-Time' bucket. While unbelievably funny at the time, the 'hedgehog in the cookies' bit had easily worn off by the time 6:30 AM rolled around and the little ones (see above picture) thought it was an appropriate time to awaken everyone from slumber (which we only experienced for about 4 hours) to enjoy Christmas morning. They definitely enjoyed their christmas, even though it started early. We didn't do any more camping, seeing as it doesn't get dark until 9:30 PM and we were ready to go to bed around 4.

All in all it was a fun Christmas. It made us really enjoy having each other and appreciate our families and friends at home.

And what about New Years? you ask. Well....
This creepy movie combined with a margarita or five vaulted us into the new year before you (na na, na na, boo boo) in stellar fashion. And I only fell asleep once before midnight! It was quite an unassuming evening, which was just fine with us.

Work is winding down and we are arranging our plans for the next couple of months. We plan to travel around the country, working on farms and in hostels for a week here and a week there. It will be an exciting time of transient, nomadic, hippiness. I'll stop shaving and Em will ridicule my beard. Should be fun.

Until next time.....