Me and my friend, Ana. She is a friend, mentor and mom all rolled into one. I am so thankful for her...even when she gets on my case about stuff. I feel cared about...

The Coyans and the Potíškas...notice Miloš (all the way in the back) looks slightly annoyed...that is his default look.

Miloš and Ana with their girls...Miloš is looking super annoyed. He was annoyed with me because I made him take a picture even though, as he said, he wasn't dressed for the occasion. I was totally cracking up at him.

Danny with their dog, Orina. This dog loves Danny.

štedrý den u Potíškovi...Christmas Eve with the Potíška family

We got to spend Christmas Eve with our "adopted" family here in CZ, Ana and Miloš Potíška, who have really taken us under their wing. The girls have come to see Ana as a grandma type figure and Miloš as the typical grandpa who is a little grumpy but you know that he loves you. He loves to tease the girls and goof around with them and he loves doing us favors and then pretend he is a little annoyed. So we chatted with them, ate cukrovi (Czech Christmas cookies) and drank svařák (mulled wine). We exchanged Christmas gifts and had a great time. We really miss our family at the holidays and so it was nice to spend Christmas Eve with our Czech family.