January in pictures

California in January

We went for an "Entrepreneur.com" conference for Chris and a family vacation.

We stayed with my cousin Katy and her family in Redondo Beach

We toured Hollywood Blvd, went to the LA Zoo, Redondo beach pier, Visited Amy and Greg in San Clemente, went to the pier there, enjoyed the nice weather, played on the beach, did the Orange county flee market, saw "The Great Park" (which isn't great, but definitely fun enough), and I went shopping by myself one day!

Our trip was Monday- Friday... before we missed our flight!!! We stayed until Monday to avoid spending a fortune getting home. It was my fault. I though our flight was at 8 am and as we were almost to the airport I felt like I should check our itinerary. It was at 7. There was no way to make it.Chris was pretty irritated with me. I was sooooo mad at myself. We got great flight prices on our original trip, then had to spend an additional $700. Hey, its not the first time this has happened. Remember Florida a year and a half ago? (Disney World, car keys, roller coaster....)That time was Chris' fault so now we're even.

The "extension" was perfect though. We had so much fun and got to spend more time with Amy and Greg in San Clemente!

Katy's husband, Reuben, is a Dr. He does some acupuncture and these suction cups. These release the tension in muscles. He is always to nice and willing to work on us. I felt so much better afterwards, but had round bruises for about 3 weeks.

The kids thought that Hollywood Blvd. was about as cool as Disney World because of all the Mickey stuff they saw. I was happy we didn't have to spend $500 to see Mickey.

Lovies....We've never seen them do this before. So cute. She's a snuggler. If he knew what was going on, he wouldn't be there.

This is what we came home to.... I love snow but wasn't happy to see this.

Reuben left his mark on us :)

Christmas!!!

Pajamas on Christmas Eve from Grandma and Grandpa Lee!

Prepping Santa's plate. We had a ton of cookies at the McCullough Christmas Eve party and I forgot to bring some home for Santa! We left him Hershey kisses instead :)

Santa Came!! The only thing Caiden wanted Thomas the Train and Addysin only wanted a Barbie movie. They got spoiled with a little extra. 

Christmas morning

When the kids woke up, Addysin didn't even run to her stocking. She ran straight to Santa's plate to see if he really ate the treats.

He left a note! And Addysin's favorite reindeer, vixen, left a hoof print on it!

 Best picture ever!

 So happy!

 Pure joy.

 One of Chris' gifts from me. I also got him a gun holster, a couple electronics, an outfit, and a new wool dress/casual coat. Much needed stuff (since he never shops for himself), but nowhere near as cool as the gifts he gave me. 

Christ got me a SWEET new camera. A Nikon D7000 and lens.

He also made me 2 big prints of our family, mounted on a board with cool textured finishes! He is super thoughtful with his gifts. He also made an awesome photo book for his parents of all their kids and grandkids. 

I cant find my pictures of Christmas Day at my parents :( Christmas was on Sunday so we went to one hour of church (thats all there was). It made the day extra special. I wish there was always a church service on Christmas. Afterwards, we went to my parents with all our presents. We spent the entire day there with my family. Everyone was there except for Sara, who is serving a mission in Washington DC (and we got to talk to!!!!), and Melanie's family who lives in Arizona.