The Garcia Family: Late Happy Thanksgiving, early Merry Christmas!

Things have been a bit crazy lately, and I missed blogging about Thanksgiving completely. So I thought I'd get a bit of a jumpstart on Christmas.... MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! We had a couple of Thanksgiving dinners, one with friends, and the other with family. We went up to Logan for Thanksgiving Day to hang out with family there. I have an aunt that lives there, and it is kind of a middle point between Provo and Twin Falls, Idaho, so that's where we ended up. We had a really nice meal, lots of food, and great company. We even brought some Christmas presents back from Grandma. We did the Black Friday thing, but not at 5 am. Raul has really been wanting a new tv (HDTV 40") and there were some pretty good deals that morning, but I really didn't want to deal with the hassle, and I enjoyed my nights sleep very much. We also decided it was really just a want, not a need, and think it can wait until next year. Since then I have started working at Golden Corral, just one or two days a week, and since Raul is home to watch the kids, I get a nice break and make some money at the same time. The people there are really nice, and I like interacting with the people who come in. Anyway, so Raul is done with finals, although he is still working on a project and his portfolio, so we won't have him completely to ourselves during the break. Hopefully in January we can start looking for internships or jobs after graduation in April (If anyone knows anywhere that needs an Industrial Designer, let us know!) This weekend has been a little bit different because we have a couple of extra kids staying with us. Our friends decided to go to Las Vegas (by themselves) and so here we are with double the fun. Their kids are just about the same ages as ours, so Rakel is having a great time. Raulito is working on sharing and being nice... He's also been working on that in the Nursery. He started his first week in Nursery last week, and he didn't do too bad, except when someone pulled his hair, and when everyone started leaving. We'll see. They have lots of cars and trucks to play with, and those are his favorite. Oh, and in the meantime, We were going shopping earlier this week and I ended up rear-ending the car in front of me. Of course, for some reason our coverage does not include collision, so we get to pay to fix it. Nice time to have a big bill, huh? It really could have been much worse, but it's still going to be almost $1000 to do the most basic parts (less than half as much as it would be to get everything fixed...). Anway, we're still planning on going up to Idaho for Christmas. Raul doesn't have to work on Christmas Eve (surprise!) so we might get to spend an extra day there. Then it's back to Provo to work and prepare for another semester. We hope everyone is doing well and has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here's some pictures from the past few weeks. Enjoy!

Funny Story, he really did fall asleep like this! He was watching TV one minute and I looked over the next and he was asleep on the table! It was really funny!!!