Fucillo Family Weblog

Two very good friends of ours decided to throw a “Commitment Ceremony”/Party over the Holiday break. And oh what a party it was. Like us they are very much into the local food/local farms thing and the party was catered by Outstanding in the Field. A fantastic locally started “…roving culinary adventure - literally a restaurant without walls.” They source all their ingredients locally and in fact the party was hosted by Pie Ranch. A farm dedicated to teaching inner city kids about farming through the education of farming practices, in this case growing all the ingredients to make pies. Hence “Pie Ranch”.  What an adventure it was and we look forward to joining in a few Outstanding in the Fields events later this year.

P.S. to read OITF’s blog about the event go here. www.outstandingontour.blogspot.com

This year we decided to be a little different and instead of the big family thing with all the presents we decided to go to Yosemite and stay at the Wawona hotel. What a fantastic Trip! When we arrived there was snow though no chains were required to enter the park. The staff warned us of a pending storm threatening to bring 18-30 inches of snow. So we relaxed, drank “Peach Cobblers” (a delicious concoction of cider & peach schnapps), listened to Tom Bopp on the piano, and played Settlers of Catan. Definitely a memorable Christmas!

I may have received the best Christmas present ever and I got it well before Christmas. For years I’ve been teasing Jaimie that I would buy the Leg Lamp from The Christmas Story and this year I finally did it. After Thanksgiving I ordered it from the christmas story house which has a great selection of really cool things from the movie. It even showed up in a box with “fragile” on it (it must be italian). The lamp is actually quite nice and not a cheap at all. Here’s what it looks like in our front window.

As you may know Jaimie and I are expecting our first child in March. I thought I would post the first ultrasound image for your viewing pleasure.

First Ultrasound