This week has been a fun week of surprises!  It started on Sunday, December 7 (our six month anniversary).  We came home from church and Lee made me (us) the most incredible candlelight dinner!  Fillet Mignon stuffed with homemade pesto, pasta al pesto with artichoke hearts, spinach and pear salad with a homemade vinaigrette, grilled beef steak tomatoes and incredibly rich chewy fudgy brownies (my favorite) with a touch of candy cane and peppermint flavor. He also spoiled me with gifts! I really married the best man out there!

Monday night I got a surprise phone call from my dear friend Eti Godelnik who had just landed in SFO from Israel.  She comes to Palo Alto a few times a year for meetings -- and as luck would have it, she was here for a day or two this week.  We connected for a late dinner and some shopping. I miss my friends from Israel!!!

Tuesday night we got a surprise call from Lee's brother, Bryce who informed us he was also in San Francisco.  So after work on Wednesday we hopped in the pickup and met him for a delicious dinner.  Living in Montana he doesn't get the freshest of seafood - so he picked Aliotto's to dine at.  We all ate varations of crab and it was very good. He was staying at the Grand Hyatt so we dropped him off and had fun checking out the most intricate and elaborate Christmas village set up ever! Next time we'll have to take pictures.  Thanks for dinner Bryce!

Lee and I have been attempting to get out and run a couple times of week in preparation for Patagonia -- this week was hard since we're battling colds.  I was feeling better on Friday morning so I hopped out of bed and went for a run.  When I came home, I returned to a table set with hot french toast and LOTS of powdered sugar!  (one of my favorites!!!)

So many wonderful surprises this week!