The pictures below are of my parents house, you can see the outline of two reindeer that light up at night and Lais was quite shocked to see they actually move! I was surprised too.
Quanto a never, nao eu nao provei mas tem gosto de gelo, cterteza.... ja me perguntaram 2x e acho que vao continuar entao melhor responder logo hahah e nao, nao fiz nenhum anjo na neve tb, neve eh bem gelada e eu nao tinha roupas pra ficar me jogando no gelo. Quanto ao frio, bem estava frio mas descobri que nao eh nada insuportavel, apos um tempo voce se acostuma e -4C parece o frio que voce sempre enfrentou na vida, claro vc usa um bando de casacos e roupas mas bem, eu acho tao fofo
Eu fiz um boneco de neve, fiquei tao feliz! So pude fazer quase no fim da minha estadia, Quem ia imaginar que neve tem que estar de um jeito especial pra poder fazer boneco de neve? ou briga de bola de neve... descobrir que a neve tem que estar mais umida pra grupar e formar bolas, e isso so aconteceu no fim da semana. Das coisas que fiz... bem alem de frosty, tambem fomos comprar arvore de natal... nao sabia que era tao dificil, ok ok Jason quem cortou mas tambem, isso eh trabalho de homem... foi dificil o bastante andar na neve enquanto nevava e no frio procurando a arvore perfeita... e no fim do dia acabamos achando uma bem cheia que achamos ser otima... so que... dentro de casa ela parece maior ainda...
In the picture below is the tree farm we went to to cut down the Christmas tree. It was very hard work! There were many varieties of pine trees available but we decided on a variety called "Douglas Fir" which is the best! I tried to convince Lais to try a little bit to cut down the tree but she declined. I think next time we will buy one already cut!
The snowman was quite difficult to build, we could not roll snowballs to stack on top of each other as is traditional because the snowballs kept falling apart. Instead we had to pack all the snow in one spot. I took a shovel and dumped snow at the base of the snowman and Lais sculpted it into the beautiful creation you see below. We used the scarf from Carol, and Lais' gloves. My mom gave us a carrot from the house to use as a nose, and for the eyes we used two pieces of charred wood from the burned down garage.
Depois de colocar em casa, eu, J, e a mae dele enfeitamos a arvore enquanto ela me mostrava decoracoes antigas que jason fez quando pequeno (so Deus sabe o que sao), alem dos enfeites que foram comprados no inicio do relacionamento deles e enfeites dados pela avo de J que infelizmente faleceu esse ano. A tradicao americana eh de guardar e colecionar enfeites de arvores, todos eles tem historias, um deles ( um trem com um cachorro) descobrimos que sera dado pro primeiro neto da familia, quem sabe a irma dele recebe agora em junho... Um dos nossos presentes de natal foi um enfeite dizendo "nosso primeiro natal juntos" muito fofo.
Every ornament has a story behind it, and it is quite embarrassing that one of the ornaments I created at age 5 is featured in the pictures below. Sad to say, my artistic talent has not improved any since then.
Tambem fomos no jardim ver as arvores de natal, o anuncio dizia que eram arvores de varios paises... algumas muito bomitas mas as outras... principalmente a do Brasil, como assim a arvore brasileira eh toda enfeitada de petecas!!!?? e pior, na descricao dizia que nos brasileiros jogamos petecas no feriado! Quem em sa consciencia joga peteca depois dos 8 anos de idade? se jogar!!! Ridiculo!
The Brazil tree is on the left side, it is the second one from the bottom. It's awful but it did have lots of Brazilian chocolate on the tree which Lais wanted to take off the tree and eat. Somehow we prevented her. As bad as the Brazil tree is, the Mexico one was the worst, it was full of donkey pinatas! There were trees outside as well as inside, and we climbed at tree outside to get a better view, but it was too dark to take pictures. It was fun walking around and looking at all the lights.
Durante essa semana que passamos la tambem provei e aprendi algumas receitas de familia, que eventualmente testarei todas, bem talvez nem todas... hahaha algumas sao bolas de pasta de amendoin com chocolate... essa eu acho que jason vai comer bem pouco em casa hahaha. Jason tambem fez eu cozinhar na casa dos pais dele, moqueca de camarao e peixe, ficou um pouco forte no limao, mas aparentemente eles gostaram, espero...
This is my favorite family recipe called pow pow, or "meat buns" as Lais likes to call it. She is trying to make it at home today and I am very excited to see how it comes out. I am sure she did a great job though!
Quanto a familia dele estou muito feliz de te-los conhecido, todos foram muito gentis e eu adorei especialmente o avo do J, muito fofo e sentimental, espero ve-lo novamente em breve, alem dos tios e tias. As sobrinhas sao otimas e muito fofas tb.
The baby in the picture is my niece Vanessa who likes to say "OK" over and over. She has way too much energy but she is very cute like all my nieces!
The picture of the people holding candles is a choir that came to our house. Since my dad could not move because of his injuries, the church came to the house and performed some songs and a small play about the true meaning of Christmas. After this, they handed out candles to everyone and we sang 3 Christmas songs together. Lais held the candle for us, while I held the sheets of music with the words on it. It was very nice for the church to come visit our house, and we all enjoyed it very much.
Enfim, esse natal foi bem agradavel e eu estou feliz de conhecer todos e me sentir bem vinda, gostaria de poder ter feito mais porem as circustancias nao permitiram. Espero voltar em breve e fazer tudo que nao pude essas ferias e um pouco mais. meu primeiro natal longe da minha familia e eu sinto falta de todos voces, espero que todos tenham tido um otimo natal tambem.
These are pictures we took while we were walking around Rockford, which is the town I grew up in. It is decorated in Christmas lights and there was Christmas music playing throughout the streets. There is a restaurant here called the Corner Bar which serves great hot dogs. If you eat 12 hot dogs they put your name on the wall. Lais is absolutely convinced she can eat 12 hot dogs in the 4 hour time limit and become famous! I know for a fact that I can not, as I tried it once when I was 17 years old but was only able to eat 10 hot dogs. One day when we go back Lais will do it!
On the bottom left are 2 stockings that we bought and put our names on. My mom filled it with chocolate for us which we ate on the way home from Michigan. I had Lais put my name on my stocking, because as you can see from the ornament I created at age 5, my talent is not good enough to write my name on a stocking so that it looks good.
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