Dinner with the Oximana's

Saturday evening we had dinner with Jason, Rachel, Sofia, and Alex at their home in North Seattle. They served us a wonderful meal and the kiddos had the chance to play.  Izzy played with Sofia's kitchen stuff for hours and the two of them played with the cash register and play money as well (... we're in for trouble!).  We had a blast - it was so good to catch up over good food with great friends!

 

Look at our (play) money!

Cooking in the kitchen!

Dads & Daughters

Trying to get a photo of the three kids ... all cute but not a single one with all of them actually smiling! 
Good effort, Rachel!  :-)

 

MLK Weekend

The Beltran family had a pretty low-key weekend.  Saturday Gerald went for a motorcycle ride and Izzy and I headed out to the park to take advantage of a break in the rain.  We went to Logan Park in Mountlake Terrace - it's one of our favorite parks because all of the playground equipment is age appropriate for Izzy.  It's amazing what a difference a couple of months makes in her ability to climb and navigate the playground on her own - only a few of the toys require any assistance by me anymore!

 



Sunday we assembled Izzy's new easel that she got from Santa for Christmas (he couldn't fit it down the chimney assembled :-) ).  Our little Picasso went to work creating a masterpiece...  (Speaking of Picasso - my sister Kristi & I went to see the Picasso exhibit on Friday evening - I LOVED his sculptures - who would have thought!!)

New Year - Fresh Blog Postings!

It's a new year and it's time to start blogging again!  I got caught up in the holiday craziness and just didn't take the time to update the blog as well as I should have!  We had a wonderful holiday season spent with family and friends.  We didn't take a lot of vacation time from work this year, so most of the fun was packed in on weekends throughout the season.  Izzy loved every minute of it - fresh snow at Thanksgiving time; Christmas lights and decorations around town; visiting Downtown Seattle with her Grandma & Grandpa and again with her Mom & Dad to ride the holiday carousel; visits with "Grandpa Santa"; presents on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; and finally snow for the New Year!  We have a ton of great photos and I'll get them uploaded to Flicker and posted soon, but in the meantime here's our favorite family photo from Christmas this year (that's my Dad as Santa!):

Happy New Year from our family to yours!