Oh...Holy Night...

Christmas 2010... incredible.

We came back from Vietnam for Christmas.  We have been working on our house, visiting , and freezing out @$$ off!  We saw snow in Lilliwaup when we arrived!  A far cry from Asian Christmas....that's for sure!

Got to see....
nearly everyone!

At my mom's house for Christmas Eve:  Steve, Mom, Dave, Tami, Me, Gj, Terry

Tami, mom and me.... mom's two daughters....

Emily and my cousin's grandaughter....

Dave's daughter's family.

Tami, dad and me.

Christmas Morning.... we went to Hoquiam to see my dad.  My grandpa just had a mild heart attack earlier this week and went to Seattle for procedures.  He and my aunt made it to my dads for a quick visit.

Don Bell Sr.  88 years old.... widower, strongest 88 year old I will ever know! 

Eirik, Me, Gj, Emily, Gramps, Tami with her girls, Brianna and Hailee.

at my dad's house....

Hailee, Tami, Ali, and me

Later that day at my brother's house....  Ryan (our step brother), brother Donny, me and Tami.  Donald cooked over 6 limits of Razor Clams.... my grandmother came (mom's mom), she had a stroke in the last couple of months....

Having fun outside...

Donny has a fish pond on his property... stocked full of fish, Eirik caught about 6 or 7.... 

Donald's baby girl.... almost 4 years old already.

It was a good Christmas!

Bazaar Results - $16,000USD

Not bad for a day's work!  Pity the prep took over two months.  That said, it was an awesome day filled with lots of great shopping, great deals, fun activities for the kids, great food, prizes, silent auction, and just lots of 'community togetherness'!

80km out of the city

Finally, a break from the Nguyen Van Linh highway.  After circling that thing quite possibly 200 times in the last year it was nice to get off the highway and do something different!

There are a few groups that form, but for whatever reason, I have not been able to join.  On Bazaar day, a group of ex-pats went.  Racheal said it was great and I would LOVE it..  she would know.  So, on the 4th, they had an 'outing'....  I replied, "I don't see why I can't come!"...

we headed up the NVL then north about 400m then out west again.  we were on some newer country roads....  I was shocked!  we did a circle ending at the very end of the NVL so took it back to town.  But, 50km OFF the normal route!

There was some actual team work, wheel sucking, and good old race to the end.

Our 2nd stop (??? - can't complain, I no longer stop on rides, what's the point!) anyhow, I was feelign quite dizzy so the coconut was a really good idea.  It was very hot (as always).

Cervelo with her new Zipp 404's!.... clinchers!  the terrain was quite tough as we go from developed to undeveloped and back....

80km...  not bad.