Happy Holidays!!

We are coining an entire new meaning to the term HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Happy cannot adequately define our holiday here in Sanya, Hainan!



We have a love for Christmas food beyond turkey and cookies...
here is Nica enjoying a fresh salad (with a little too much spice for such a warm day!)


Strolling through our neigborhood, loving the palm trees...is this really December???

Cool architecture of a hotel in our area! (haha, not ours, though)

We love strolling the board walks of this beach-town! It's still China, so always opportunities to buy stuff along the way... haha

Nica's dream Christmas (a White Christmas!!) comes true again!!
Baby note: While we were relaxing on the beach, baby got so excited...more than ever before! And Daddy was able to feel baby kick for the first time!! I think he wanted to come out to play! Next year, little one...next year. )

We're having fun re-visiting some of our favorite restaurants that we found last year when we were here! Here we are at one of them, swinging as we eat, the ocean right beside us. (sigh)

And eating mangoes in the park!!

We always make sure we get enough mangoes that we can keep it "even" to each get a seed to lick off. (haha...kinda like licking the beaters when we were kids?)

haha...we still get a kick out of funny English translations!

Eating breakfast on the deck of our ocean-front hostel: papayas, mangoes, bananas, our favorite fruits are always in season here!!

Here is Nica giving our son his first swim in the ocean!

...and enjoying a hot latte at a local coffee shop to warm up afterward. :)

We love walking around drinking out of a coconut!
and the palm trees decorated for Christmas!

Now that I see this post, I realize I need to steal the camera from Joe more often...there are too many photos of me!
We love you all! From us to you, we wish you all HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!