Christmas Holiday - Part 2

As  you can imagine, the kids did a lot of cute stuff over the holidays that was way too much to put in one post, so here is "Part 2" of the Christmas Holiday Extravaganza in Nipomo.

Santa brought the girls new fangled wheeled-transportation devices.  Sarah loved her Big Wheel™, but her legs were unable to connect with the titular feature.

As many of you know, Meg and I love everything retro, so we found a great vintage bike for Ella.

I am kidding of course.  We knew Ella would want something a little more pink.

And they're off!

As mentioned in the last post, Ella and Sarah enjoyed hanging out with Uncle Scott and Aunt Heidi...

 ...and their dog Roxy.

  In fact, everyone did.

Scott and Heidi had a good time too, which included an inaugural trip down the zip line...

...and a hop on the rope swing.

Papa enjoyed having the girls around too.

 

So did Grammie.

 

Ella spent some quality time in her garden.

And Sarah was checking in on her stock portfolio (apparently, it's up).

I think it's fair to say that a good time was had by all.

Christmas Holiday - Part 1

It's been about a month since Christmas, so I figured it was time to post some photos from our time in Nipomo.  We were very fortunate this year to have the full family together for Christmas.  We spent the holiday in Nipomo at Meg's parents' beautiful six-acre escape, and we were joined by my parents, my brother Scott and his wife Heidi, and Meg's brother Ian and his wife Maya. This is the first time we'd all been in the same room together in nearly 10 years.

Speaking of which, here we all are in the same room together.

 

Ella and Sarah opened some gifts with Grandpa and FaFa on Christmas Eve.

In order to get a glimpse of Santa, Ella was going to try and hide on the couch. (Hint, she's in the middle.)

But instead, Ella and Sarah put their bribes out for Santa and Rudolph before going to bed.

Ella and Sarah were also excited about Uncle Scott and Aunt Heidi's new puppy Roxy.

Roxy got lots of attention that weekend from the whole family.

So did the girls.

Sarah was very excited about the new Moroccan outfits that Uncle Ian and Aunt Maya got for girls during their recent travels.

Sarah had to go model it for Aunt Maya and Aunt Heidi.

Ella was pretty excited about Christmas too.

She helped Grammy make the traditional Buche de Noel.

The girls also spent some quality time outside.

Stay tuned for part 2 for some more photos from our holiday in Nipomo. 

Megan's Birthday!

On Friday, we celebrated Megan's 30-something birthday.

In honor of the special day, the girls had made some necklaces for Megan with jewelry master Sheridan. Meg and Sarah are modeling these avant-garde pieces in the photo below.

The Birthday weekend festivities also included a round of Beatles Rockband at AJ and Sheridan's. Fans of "DreamForce" will notice a couple of original members in the photo below.

Vocals, drums, guitar - Meg was a natural.

Demonstrating their understanding of the art of surprise, the girls threw Meg an impromptu surprise party the day after her birthday (Grammie and Papa helped).  We came home from a 9:45am sold-out show of Avatar on IMAX to Ella yelling "surprise" as we opened the door to a room full of balloons and streamers. It doesn't get much better than that.

 

Happy Birthday to the best wife ever.