Seattle Had Snow

by Lucky Red Hen on December 9, 2007

Operative word: had.

When it snows in the Seattle area, it doesn’t stick around for long. By the time I got my camera out and took a picture of the kids snowman, he looked like this…
Poor thing fell over and melted away before our very eyes in the pouring rain. Can you see the tiny bit of head left and the orange spot laying next to it. That’s the nose; a carrot (which a wild bunny probably ended up eating). Those two twigs flayling around (imagine it) were once arms. All the dirt and pine needles are another sign that it’s Seattle. All snowballs contain a pine needle or two.

This is probably why 1/2 our Christmas lights aren’t working. But I’m no electrician.

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The Whole Gang 2007

by Lucky Red Hen on December 7, 2007


Ben’s entire immediate family, immediately following Thanksgiving dinner (I think it took us 15 minutes start to finish) and immediately at sunset grr. He has two sisters and three brothers (two nephews and one niece with one more on the way). The last group shot we have is on the beach at the Oregon coast before Will was born (Owen wasn’t a twinkle in anyone’s eye at that point, he recently turned one). The next group shot won’t be for at least two years. I know it’s AT LEAST because it was in the low 40’s and we all were freezing. So two years from now when Bryant and Brad are back we won’t take pics during the cold weather; instead we’ll wait until summer.

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Squirting Tub Toys

by Lucky Red Hen on December 7, 2007

JUST SAY NO.

LOUDLY.

I’m serious.

They’re selling tub toys as squirters but some aren’t advertised that way and still have the squirting capability. Along with the squirting capability comes the sucking of the water into the interior of the plastic toy. Unless you’re removing every speck of water out of these critters then disinfecting the innards with bleach or rubbing alcohol or something that will get rid of the moisture, you WILL have bacteria crud growing inside.
It’s really fun to hear your 4yr old daughter shriek with fear when she squirts the leftover water from the toys and out pours flecks of black, gross crap all throughout the tub. No, it’s not, really, I was just being silly.

We do love playing with toys in the tub, so instead we encourage the non-holy types (although we consider ourselves to be religious in this house). We have some scuba diver guys with a shark cage, raft, turtles, dolphin, shark and submarine. None of which allow for water gunk.

There’s my public service announcement for a while.

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See You Later, Bryant and Brad

by Lucky Red Hen on December 5, 2007

Ben’s youngest brothers left today for Chile, South America (first they’re at the Missionary Training Center where they’ll learn Spanish and how to teach people about the gospel of Jesus Christ). They will be there for two years as missionaries for the church. Bryant (on the right) is going south and Brad (um, you should know which one he is left) is going north.




My son with his favorite uncle.

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Geography

by Lucky Red Hen on December 5, 2007

This is for my boy Colby, who makes fun of my lack of geography knowledge (seriously, I’m baaad). I didn’t know this answer, of course, but I at least knew it wasn’t what was given (no offense to Miss KP). See, Colb, we don’t have to master geography to BE someone hahaha!

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Hacienda El Carmen, Jalisco, Mexico iii part 2 of 2

by Lucky Red Hen on November 21, 2007









Happy day of thanks! I forgot to defrost the turkeys… so we’ll see how they turn out :o)

EDIT, MORE PICS: This is 4 of 4. Click here for the first, second and third of the series.

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Hacienda El Carmen, Jalisco, Mexico iii part 1 of 2

by Lucky Red Hen on November 20, 2007

Here are 1/2 of my favorite images from the model shoot at the Jose Villa Workshop. The models are from Citro Modelos and Megan Ortiz modeling agency with Mar from T.E.A.M. hair and makeup making their hair and makeup flawless.

Anna Paola is the model with the red lipstick and hair feather and Gladys is the one with longer hair and softer makeup. I loved them both… they were an absolute delight to work with and very sweet natured.

An interesting part of the shoot was finding out Mexican customs of being modest in your actions toward members of the opposite sex. There was a male model with Anna Paola that was very reserved in how he’d pose with her; no kissing or sensual poses, not even almost-kissing. I wasn’t in the group that took pictures of the couple, so I don’t have any to show you :o( But here are some of the girls…

Anna Paola was just sitting while getting her hair preped.
I used my white shirt as a reflector for this shot.
Love how the wall is 1/2 yellow and 1/2 pink.




Reminds me a bit of Angelina Jolie in this one.
EDIT, MORE PICS: Here is the first of 4, the second and the next one after this one.

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Hacienda El Carmen, Jalisco, Mexico ii

by Lucky Red Hen on November 19, 2007

Free roaming peacocks that would try getting into our rooms.
The all-white peacock that isn’t albino – kinda ghostly.
Did I show this already? Amazing architecture.
I was DYING when this mariachi player was serenading my sweet friend, Elisa Cicinelli. Not that he was singing to her, but that it was EXACTLY like Jack Black in Nacho Libre when he’d flatten his lips against his teeth, almost like he was getting ready to play the trumpet, and sing the “O” in Nacho for a reeeeaaaaly looooong time. This guy held his note FOREVER (and I’m thinking that they haven’t seen Nacho Libre, the movie)! Speaking of Nacho Libre… there were guys in the masks along the roads holding up signs for wrestling matches. Alison‘s beau, Nate, snagged three masks at the fiesta we attended in a non-touristy town. I’m jealous, a little.
Here’s a little statue that kept us company during lunch and dinner.

The model pics will be coming… I’m pretty proud of them so maybe they should hang out over the Thanksgiving holiday for me.

Did I tell you that I’m hosting Turkey Day at our place this year? We will have 11 adults and 5 children in our 1700 sq ft hut (it’ll feel like a hut with that many people here). The last time I cooked a turkey was over 12 years ago when I got one free from work. Not wanting it to go to waste, I started cooking it when I got home from work and figured I would refrigerate it overnight and use it for sandwiches the next day. Well, the next day rolls around and I wake up to the most delightful scent of roasted turkey.

“Mmmm, that smells good. Wonder who’s cooking this early in the morning?”

Um, yeah. It was ME. I accidentally left the turkey cooking OVERNIGHT. Luckily nothing caught on fire. I pulled it out and set it on top of the oven, not sure what I’d find beneath the tired foil. I slowly pulled the sides up to find all the meat had fallen off the bone and all I was left with was a sad carcass staring at me in disgust. What a waste of a huge turkey!

I tried salvaging it, hoping to use the meat in turkey salad for sandwiches. But no amount of mayonnaise (not Miracle Whip, thankyouverymuch) could bring that turkey back to life. Sad, I know.

Wish me luck this year since I have 16 people counting on my culinary skills hahahaha!

EDIT, MORE PICS: Here is the first post, the next after this one and the last of the trip.

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