Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

Organizing the front closet

Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

Christmas decorating

Finally putting up the backyard gazebo that we bought last year. Wanted it up by the time the family comes for Christmas, but was waiting for hurricane season to end.

Hollywood, Florida beach

Grandpo Victor and Lailah

Hollywood, Florida beach

The Manor House Gate entrance (Finsbury Park, North London, UK)

Planning parts of our Christmas family vacation

Winter, 2017, December

The basketball courts, December, 2017

Bus tour of Miami

Christmas tree

Christmas Eve family photos: Great Grandma Elia and Lailah

Spent our second day at Universal Studios then drove home; it was a little cold

Baking

Dining in the Dark

"Dining in the Dark"

Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

"Dining in the Dark"

Baking

Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

Hollywood, Florida beach

Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

Gary has a friend named Mary so he took this photo of our lunch menu because it had a Mary burger

Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

My shoes

Organizing the front closet

Food shopping at BJ's with Tori and Lailah

Wardrobe room

I submitted this to a cookie contest at work yesterday, but there weren't enough people at work who participated so the contest was called off.

Biscochitos

Biscochitos are crisp anise and cinnamon flavored shortbread-like cookies. Steeped in the tradition of my family with the recipe being handed down from generation to generation as far back as my own mother can remember. The early Spaniards introduced Biscochitos to the American Southwest in the 1500’s during a time when my own family moved from the Iberian Peninsula and settled in the area known then as Santa Fe, Kingdom of New Mexico. The Biscochito became the official “state cookie” of the state of New Mexico since 1989 making the biscochito cookie the first officially government recognized cookie in the United States.

Baby Lailah

Christmas decorating

Finally putting up the backyard gazebo that we bought last year. Wanted it up by the time the family comes for Christmas, but was waiting for hurricane season to end.

Visiting with family: Mom, my sister Diana, Gary, Tori, and Lailah

Organizing the front closet

Visiting with family: Mom, my sister Diana, Gary, Tori, and Lailah

Game night : Wacha' Mouth

Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

Bus tour of Miami

Christmas Eve family photos

Beach day at what used to be called "John U. Lloyd Beach" but in now named "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"

Deciding on a family activity for Christmas when the family will visit: Painting with a Twist

Hollywood, Florida beach