Ironic that our internet would go down after my last post... This weekend the weather got really cold, which is very unusual for us this time of year. The cold weather made me decide to step up a family tradition. Every year, we Ronzinos make chili for Christmas Eve. Even here in SA, where the weather is often too hot to thoroughly enjoy such a meal, we typically do so as well. On Sunday it was freezing, though, so I decided to do it early. I made chili on Monday for lunch; I think we may have enjoyed it more since the weather was a little more suitable than usual...

I wrapped Christmas presents and laid them out under our tree. Marie (Niel's mom) brought by her gifts and put them out as well. It's looking full and festive. The only things missing are in the four boxes my mom mailed us. We are praying that they arrive by Saturday morning so we can open them for Christmas...

This weekend we discovered that one of our newly-purchased horses was pregnant...because she gave birth! We went out to see the foal just hours after she was born; she is so sweet! She was still wobbly on her feet, with her legs (and knees) looking way too big for her little body.

Her mother's name is Farkle (after the fun dice game, much loved by our staff and interns); in keeping with the theme, we named the foal Yahtzee. Now we have Phoebe, Philly, Frank (pronounced the same as the Every-Party-Has-a-Pooper-Frank in Father of the Bride), Farkle, and Yhatzee. Fun times.