Happy New Year everyone! We hope you had a blast ringing in the new year in the states. We had a great time here in Spain. We had the opportunity to have a real, traditional Spanish New Year's Eve. Our friends, John and Maria, invited us over to their family's house for the celebration. We had the BEST food! hmmm... it seems like every time I get on this blog I'm talking about the food here :) Really though, this has been the best Spanish food by far!
in the picture you can see John's mom, sister and brother-in-law (For clarification - John and Maria are in our branch. John is half Spanish, half American and Maria is full Spanish and from Sevilla). For dinner we had Spanish soup, bread, jamon, chirizo, cheese, a REALLY good turkey main dish, oysters, clams, and shrimp! Everyone was pleased that we liked the food so much - apparently many Americans are afraid to try Spanish mariscos (sea food) because it looks "weird." We were more than happy to eat it! 
Here's a picture of Anna de-heading her shrimp :) Nice work! Jay slept most of the night we were there, like the good little boy he is. He was only startled awake twice, surprisingly not by the crazy amount of fireworks outside but by the family dog. At midnight everyone participated in the traditional uvas eating. Every time the clock strikes you must eat a grape. All in all you have to eat 12 grapes in 12 seconds in order for your wish to come true for the new year. It's pretty hilarious to see everyone trying to get the grapes down in time! I guess we both will have a happy new year because we were able to eat all our grapes in time. Yeah! Of course, we can't tell you what we wished for - sorry!
in the picture you can see John's mom, sister and brother-in-law (For clarification - John and Maria are in our branch. John is half Spanish, half American and Maria is full Spanish and from Sevilla). For dinner we had Spanish soup, bread, jamon, chirizo, cheese, a REALLY good turkey main dish, oysters, clams, and shrimp! Everyone was pleased that we liked the food so much - apparently many Americans are afraid to try Spanish mariscos (sea food) because it looks "weird." We were more than happy to eat it! 
Here's a picture of Anna de-heading her shrimp :) Nice work! Jay slept most of the night we were there, like the good little boy he is. He was only startled awake twice, surprisingly not by the crazy amount of fireworks outside but by the family dog. At midnight everyone participated in the traditional uvas eating. Every time the clock strikes you must eat a grape. All in all you have to eat 12 grapes in 12 seconds in order for your wish to come true for the new year. It's pretty hilarious to see everyone trying to get the grapes down in time! I guess we both will have a happy new year because we were able to eat all our grapes in time. Yeah! Of course, we can't tell you what we wished for - sorry! Now we want to make sure we get some new pictures of baby Jay in here too. We know - it's more like "Mike and Anna's tribute to Jay" blog, but what can we say? He's so cute!
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It looks like you guys had a wonderful new year. How fun!!! All that delicious food. Jay is a beautiful baby. I can't wait to see you in August. We love you so much. Have fun.
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