It's Official

Brent and I brought the winter weather across the Atlantic with us.

"December 2010 is "almost certain" to be the coldest since records began in 1910, according to the Met Office." Read more here... 

Happy Winter Everyone! *Brent and I are currently experiencing the shortest days of the year.. about 5 ish hours of daylight.

To keep on the snowy theme, here's some of my favorite snowy shots of a ski trip up to New Hampshire last winter.

This is the view from our backyard.. nice, eah?

Walking our dog Trudy down our muddy road.. she is easy to find in the snow.

and here's a little movie of us sking last winter.. can't wait to put the baby on skis!

Enjoy the winter weather everyone!

Christmas in London

We just returned from a wonderful trip to London. London is about 4 and a half hours from Glasgow via speed train. The trip is pretty awesome. You zip through mountains, farms - with loads of sheep and countryside. The trip down was slightly rough (as the baby did not particularly enjoy the ride) however, the trip back was smooth sailing. Although there was snow in London, all of it has melted by now which meant we could do some walking.  This was a welcome relief because I was practically stuck in the house with the ice and snow in Glasgow.
While in London we had a very full agenda. My good friend Rodolfo was in town from Valencia and my very good friends Claire and Elena just had babies last month so we did some baby visiting. We stayed with my good friend Clare who was ridiculously hospitable - she recently got her driving license and I did some GPS navigating as we went for a few drives throughout town. Brent and I visited a few art galleries, Christmas lights on Oxford Street, browsed Harrods and overall just had the absolute best time just hanging around the city.
Here are some highlights:
Brent enjoys a brew on Brick Lane (which for every time I visit, changes more and more!)

My friend Rodolfo and I who used to live in London and now lives in Spain.  Rodolfo is from Italy and my mom even met him when we did a trip to Italy 2 years ago.

Here's a little video of us on the bus.