Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas Eve at the Gallice's

Rachel, Thomas, Quentin and Kim
Dominique (left foreground), Kim (on right), Thomas and Quentin (behind Dominique) who are the sons of Marie-Laurent.
Lindsay, Bianca, Rachel, and Tim
Kim surprised us all with gifts! She was so kind to buy us all several gifts, and we loved them all!
Here is Giselle, Dominique's mom, on the left (foreground), and Marie-Laurent (in peach), and her mother, Marie-Louise - they are friends of the Gallice's. In the background is Tim on the left, Shuaib (pronounced Schweb - in the middle) who is visiting from Pakistan (he is a business partner and friend of Marc Gallice), and Marc on the right. Marie-Louise married a man from Cameroon, and lived there for many years. During that time she raised a gorilla who was orphaned and would have otherwise perished. After 4 1/2 years the gorilla grew too strong (although never aggressive) and was given to a zoo in Japan!

Here are Kim, Rachel, Lindsay and Bianca

Kim and her family (her mom Dominique, dad Marc, and sister Bianca) invited us to spend Christmas Eve with them and their friends, and we had a wonderful time! They made lots of delicious food, and were kind enough to prepare vegetarian options for me!

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