Fred's family comes to visit our new apartment!!

This past Friday, Fred's mom and dad as well as his sister and her husband, all came over for wine and appetizers to see the new apartment.  We then walked to a nearby Italian restaurant where we ate the most delicious risotto.

They brought Fred and I the nicest house warming gifts which of course I took pictures of....

Baby Joaquim, Fred's nephew, has his own bottle of wine now, and Fred's parents brought us two bottles!!  If you look closely his full name is on the label- Joaquim Souza Queiroz Martins

My first Pressure Cooker!!! I never thought I would be so excited about a pan for cooking but you can't cook Feijao (beans, the staple of every meal) without one.  Now dinner will be complete-

These are the coolest salt and pepper shakers...Fred's sister and her husband Pedro gave them to us.  Not sure if you can tell from the picture, but they are two silver mushrooms...very modern and fun

This was the funniest gift of the night....the Alpino tray.  So it's an inside joke between Fred and his brother-in-law, Pedro, because Fred's sister has this same tray with Alpino chocolate at their house, and every time we go over there Fred takes Pedro's chocolate.  Now, we have our own tray that Pedro can steal from:))