We spent Christmas Eve day with Matt & Cherise and then headed back to my parents for the evening. That night we drove around to see Christmas lights and watched Home Alone.
The first house picture is actually three neighbors who choreograph their lights to music (you tune in to a radio station to hear it). They usually win first prize every year.
I always have to give Lucy some love, after all she is “big sister” now. The day before Christmas Eve we drove about two hours to an all you can eat sushi bar and then afterwards to walk through IKEA. It was a fun evening!
That same evening (after a full day of Wii and goats) we drove to Matt & Cherise’s place to stay for a couple nights. As soon as I walked in the door Cherise handed me Holden and I was pretty much useless from then on. I did take lots and lots of pictures which might make Holden think his auntie is a cyclops :)
I love that little guy, being 1,500 miles away is going to be tough.
The first day with Mom & Dad was a full one. We played Wii (Sports Resort), had lunch at a yummy Mexican place, shopped a little and then drove to Oak Glen (mountain town). We wanted to see the fire damage from a couple months ago which burned over 1,000 acres. I forgot to get pictures of the burned hills, but I did get pictures of a cute goat :)
This year we rented a little white Ford Focus (not that we actually chose it). It was the sporty addition but it did not have cruise control. Todd did fine driving over 3,000 miles without it :)
Friday night we stopped in Shelton to see Todd’s family and then headed to Rouge River, OR Saturday night. Sunday afternoon we made it to my cousin Sarah’s house in Sacramento where we had dinner, played Wii (along with Nate) and watched a movie late into the night. Sarah & Andrew are having a little girl in May, we are very excited for them! Monday we slept in (after forgetting to set our alarms) and then headed for Yucaipa.
I was surprised to see all the green in California on our way down. Look how lush it is :)
This picture pretty much sums up the whole trip to California. Well, maybe half the trip. I still have oodles more to post.
We have a lovely blanket of snow right now. It started coming down yesterday after church and stopped a little later in the afternoon. It feels so calm and peaceful when it flutters down, I love to watch it. I also love Christmas lights in the snow, they seem more magical to me.
A few nature pictures from the day after Thanksgiving. Lots of tree pictures for some reason, I couldn’t choose just one.
Here is my new nephew! He is a cutie! Congratulations Matt & Cherise for being such great troopers though it all!
He was 8lb 2 oz, 19.5” long.
I hope to have more pictures from my brother in a couple days.
After almost two days of tough labor my little nephew Holden Matthew Friesen is finally here! I am so excited I had to post the news. As soon as I get pictures and more info I will share!
Time to catch up, if it’s not too late. Todd & I spent five days over the holiday weekend with his family. It was a lot of fun this year because Todd’s brother Keith & his girlfriend Samantha flew up from Arizona as well as Todd’s Grandma from Michigan. His sister Kali lives in the area and stayed for a night too, it was a full house!
We had two turkeys this year, one barbequed (pictured) and the other oven roasted. The BBQ turkey was done about an hour before the oven one so we had that as the appetizer. I didn’t get one big picture from our Thanksgiving dinner because we all couldn’t fit at the table :)
I have few more pictures to post tomorrow.
