'We Speak With Our Eyebrows'

Allie Rato joined Meredith and the rest of us at home this week for dinner tonight. Somewhere during the course of our excellent meal of cream of carrot soup and roasted red pepper sandwiches (mouth watering now?) Meredith claimed Katy had interrupted her conversation with Allie. Katy, not be outdone, shot back to point out that Meredith hadn't even been talking. Meredith's reply was so classic that it nearly sent us rolling on the floor:

"We don't need words -- we speak with our eyebrows."

So if you've had trouble touching base with Meri lately...

Thanksgiving in Mexico

Over Thanksgiving 2006 we spent more than a week (some more than two) basking in the Mexican sunshine, floating in the aqua waves and stuffing ourselves with all kinds of delightful local foods. Some of our favorites: fresh guacamole, virgin pina coladas and steak cooked Ruth's Chris-style. Activities varied from reading books on the beach and watching the Lord of the Rings series (at Chad's insistence) to scuba diving off the island of Cozumel and cliff jumping at Xel-Ha. The two photos below were taken on our last full day together. Miraculously there were no huge scuffles as we posed for our photographers (Mom and Dad, in this case).

Take one.

Take two.