Christmas Happenings 2018

Decorating the Christmas tree on Thanksgiving weekend

Wrapping the huge saguaro in white lights

Building a German gingerbread house

The finished product

Mission Bay

Dave's company Christmas party in San Diego

San Diego in December

Christmas tree on Pacific Beach pier

Our hotel for one night

Paradise Christmas tree at the Catamaran

Brought the centerpiece home on the plane

Dave's company Christmas party in Phoenix

Zoolights with the boys

The awe of a child

4-D Rudolph movie

Snakes with Grandma

Otis addressing Christmas cards

Christmas Eve service at New City Church

Silent Night

Horton Christmas Eve

Mexican dinner theme

Family get togethers

Santa!!!

Not too fond of Santa but ok with the present

Soap from Santa

Naughty or Nice?

White Elephant/Yankee Swap

Christmas Eve hiking at Gateway Trailhead

Christmas morning

First married Christmas

with Otis and Sam

Austin City Limits music fest in October!

Getaway to Northern Arizona

Otis at Christmas

Bacon, bacon, bacon

Nephews

Siblings

Original 5

Presents...

and more presents...

and even more presents

Christmas dinner

Our home

Was a wonderful Christmas season with lots of memories made.

Uriah's First Camelback Hike

Last Sunday Uriah hiked up (part of) Camelback for the first time. I don't know how it came up, but over the summer he said he wanted to hike the mountain with me. I never heard him say this, but my mom said that he said it multiple times. We waited until the weather cooled down and after a couple of failed attempts finally made it the first Sunday of January.

At the start of the trail...first time hiking and on a double black diamond :)

Sibling hike with Uriah. #stillfitafteralltheseyears

As he was hiking he kept saying "I can see everything!"

This was as far as we went...but for a 3 and a half year old it was far enough.

He got a picture with all of us.

Water break...

...with Uncle Kyle.

Then they built a rock mountain.

Overall the hike was a success. Kellyn said Uriah talked about it Sunday night and on Monday he saw a mountain and said look at that mountain we hiked yesterday. As he gets older we will just keep going farther distances until he makes it to the top!