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Man. We’re finally in Palm Springs and it is just as wonderful as we remember it. This place is for us. The Horizon is a beautifully renovated and restored old Hollywood icon hangout – absolutely mid-century modern, and it is amazing here.
We have arrived:
Close up of main entrance:
Our weekend home
Ahhh, bedtime
The pool, a.k.a The Afternoon Hangout
This place is gorgeous! Martinis are calling now…bye for now!
Well, today was the day that the newest kid joined our clan. Elena Rose arrived this morning at 8:19am. She was 8 lbs., 15 oz! Ed was very cute this morning – he proclaimed, “I’m an uncle!” He says this time was different as he “married in” to be an uncle to the other 4… :)
Here’s our girl:
Proud Uncle Ed:
Happy Auntie Carrie:
The cutest big sisters ever (big bro was too shy for the camera):
And finally, Miss Mikayla showing support for her mom:
Now the next thing my brother has to do is find a reliable old church bus or something to transport his family in. With kid #5, they have officially outgrown the mini-van. Wow.
Yay for the (happy, newly-expanded) family!
We hosted Christmas Eve Dinner for the Kim Family last night. It turned out awesome. We were so excited to have everybody over and do some serious entertaining with all of our fancy new wedding gifts!
Here’s an aerial shot of the table:
Carrie wanted to be fancy so she made little placecards with candles for everybody. :)
The food even turned out good! Thank goodness for Carrie’s mom, she helped out by doing a trial run with us on Friday night. Both Mom & Dad came over and they were our food tasters! Here’s a pic of the finished birds, we can’t believe we made these, it’s way too adult-like. Look out next year, we might be making the Thanksgiving turkey!
The menu:
Mixed Green Salad
Cornish Game Hens
Wild Rice
Ed’s Special Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Steamed Asparagus w/Bearnaise Sauce
Here’s Ed excited in the kitchen:
One of Carrie’s family Christmas traditions is having mom’s Ribbon Salad for dessert. It’s made out of lime jello, cherry jello and a middle cheesecake-like layer with lemon jello, crushed pineapple and cream cheese. Usually mom makes it in a jello mold, but we used our fancy-schmancy wine glasses for everybody to have their own individual dessert. They were a hit!
And finally – the family.
Top Row: Ed, [future bro-in-law] Mani, Shannon, Mom
Bottom: Dad, Imo, Uncle
Yay for Christmas Eve ’06!