Counting down: one more day...

Merry Christmas Eve! We're in the throes of figuring out what to take, packing, etc. We'll try to get the majority of the packing done today. We can take two suitcases each, but would rather not. Handling that much luggage is very unwieldy.

Everybody is getting excited...

We're not really mutants

People were really disturbed by the picture in the initial post. Let me assure you, we're not REALLY mutant, at least not on the outside. Here's a more conventional picture of Laura and Elena.

Less than a week until we depart for the Land Down Under (and SUMMER!!!!)...