huntington beach

promptly when we got to LA . . . aaron got the flu, so we spent a couple days stalling disneyland.  we spent our first day at the beach and the second one at the aquarium.

sacramento

on our way to disneyland our first stop was a night in sacramento.  keagan loves big cities and skylines.  so we drove all christmas day to get to the downtown hotel to swim before the pool closed.  we were right across from the capitol building and loved running through the park the next day before we got on the road again.

emery loves all flowers!

breakfast at starbucks

the kids were fascinated by the orange trees

christmas in salem

we went to salem to celebrate christmas with the mcmurray family on the 23rd and 24rth.  we had a book gift exchange with adults and kids that we chose names for.  the cousins had a toy gift exchange and we did a white elephant candy gift exchange that was a blast.  enjoy. . . .

christmas eve and morning at home

santa gifts christmas morning 

we were on the road to disneyland by 11am christmas morning 

christmas dinner at Denny's the only restaurant open on christmas in redding CA:)

more christmas

all four kids on top of the yukon with the tree 

we found it! 

girls putting the angel on together

sunday morning family church

cuddles from grampy

loves to ride in the car with kids and cuddle 

christmas time

christmas was different this year with new traditions and change. . but the important parts stayed the same. ..

downtown portland on our way to santa!

nutcracker with cousins 

downtown portland fun on the way to santa 

portland santa with cousins 

santa visited emery's christmas program

posing with daddy after her christmas program

cousin sleepover

scavenger hunt to reveal the big christmas surprise!!!

she did it!!

lucia is in level one gymnastics this year.  she is the youngest in her class and is doing awesome in her class.  my favorite part is how she is smiling the entire class and so proud of herself.  she had a christmas show where she had to do each event all by herself - bars, floor routine & beam.  she was very nervous but rocked it!