We had a really nice Christmas down in Southern California with my family. My brother Jeff and his wife Amy rode down with us, and we invaded my parent's house for a little over a week. Since most of our time down there was before Christmas, we spent quite a bit of the trip doing the pre-Christmas preparations, i.e. last-minute shopping, wrapping and cooking. We did try to balance it out with a few fun activities for the kids, such as taking them to the park, going to the mall to ride the carousel and train, and going to the Discovery Kid's Museum. Aunt Amy was even kind enough to let Jacey and Brooklyn help her out with making and decorating sugar cookies for Santa!
Of course, the highlight of the trip was Christmas itself, and for once Santa seemed to get it right this year as the kids seemed thrilled by pretty much everything they got! Jacey loved her new pink D.S. and Brooklyn was entertained for hours playing with her new GeoTrax. Jon and I didn't make out too bad ourselves, and Santa even brought a couple of things for baby brother. We all had a good time and the weather was, as usual, awesome. Thanks to Mom and Dad for putting up with us for the week--the holidays are always much more fun when you get to spend them with family!
We have been married for 13 years and are the parents of three wonderful kids, Jacey (9), Brooklyn (6) and Landon (2).
Jacey
Brooklyn
Landon
Kids Say the Darndest Things!
Brooklyn: "I have been nice and naughty this year, so I bet that Santa will bring me toys AND coal."
Jacey: "Mom, did you live back in the times of the cavemen?"
Jacey, while playing at a park in California: "Mom, the kids on the playground were trying to tell me something when I was on the slide but they can only speak Spanish. I didn't understand what they were trying to tell me, so I just said "Si."
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Looks like we missed out on lots of fun. The girls Christmas jammies are cute.
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