Merry.

 Admiring that Santa ate his cookies & milk

 Digging to the bottom of his stocking

 Playing with his new sock puppets I made

 Special Delivery

 Tay wearing her new coat from Auntie & Uncle

 An almost perfect way to celebrate Christmas! So thankful they were there with us opening all our presents!!!

 Loving her new baby

 One very happy guy!!!

 Enjoying their new smocks & art easel from Gramps

Tay enjoyed painting herself and her brother's back!

Christmas was good this year. We were so thankful to have my Dad here with us. The kids slept in until 8:30, woke up and slowly made their way to checking if Santa came. Connor said he was not good and did not deserve presents, but I guess Santa disagreed :D. As soon as they started opening, they did not stop and were so excited opening everything they wanted. Connor said many times, "Santa knew!" It was a day of beautiful sunshine, lots of yummy food, relaxing in the backyard, happy kiddos and lots of good conversation. Dad & I also walked the beach, threw in a sand dollar to my mom and wished her a Merry Christmas!

A Very Merry Early Christmas.

 

Mt Baldy (way to cold) snow trip - 37 degrees and no true snow clothes.

 They were so happy keeping each other warm!

 We drove up the mountain with the kids in their PJ's. Connor was so excited, he did not stop to put on snow clothes :D. He did invent a great snow ball thrower with the Sundberg's toy for fetch.

 We had a deviled egg contest and look who took 1st, 2nd and 3rd! I am proud to be in their family :D

 Our pretend Christmas Eve in new Christmas PJ's

 I think Santa LOVES Connor & Taylor!

 Excited looking at his Cars Activity Set

 Wow, a kitchen!!!

 Connor's new skull helmet

 Tay got an awesome handmade ABC book

 Connor's new balance bike!

What a fun Christmas weekend we had. As soon as we walked in the door the party begun with festive cocktails and Christmas karaoke.  So sad I have no pics :( Connor was so cute, singing with Grandma! And did not end until we walked out after eating huge pieces of birthday cake for Grandma Big Ball.
Thank you Grandma Big Ball, Papa Strong, Uncle Stinky and Candace for celebrating a wonderful early Christmas together! It was perfect and special and will be a forever memory! We love you!!!!

My Little Fishes.

My little fishes are becoming awesome swimmers! Taylor is usually in a mommy & me class, but nobody in her class showed up, so Tay got a private and better yet I got to watch...Wishing the whole time I had my nice camera! Taylor is LOVING swimming. She has her arms and legs down, together, it is amazing...she just does not listen to stay on the tot dock when the teacher steps away with another kid. Hopefully soon it will click and she will want to be like brother and do it all on her own. Connor is doing awesome. I have seen a HUGE change in his swimming since we started contacts. He is swimming about 10 feet all on his own, taking breaths and LOVING that he can see everything. His favorite part is to be underwater, like a scuba diver, he says. We have started taking our own cars so he can dive down and get them off the bottom. Miss Courtney is Tay's teacher and Miss Amanda is Connor's teacher...We are incredibly thankful for them, they are awesome!

Sweetwater Reservoir.

Lori invited us to roam Sweetwater Reservoir with her a couple weeks back. It was a beautiful day and it is so pretty walking to the water, I never even knew it existed...I LOVE San Diego. There is so much to do and see here. We also went and saw a ton of horses in the morning, which I did not have my camera with me. Thanks friends, for a wonderful day!

Celebrating the Season.

 

 Making A Gingerbread Train

More candy was consumed by this one than she put on the train :D

Our 1st Annual Pre-OB Christmas Parade Cocktail Party!

Thanks friends for a super fun night of awesome memories.

That's meme she is chugging :D, waiting for the parade.

 Del Mar Holiday of Lights Hay Ride

We had a lot of fun eating cookies and drinking hot cocoa!

 San Diego Snow at the Yacht Club

 Craft Time

And lots of sledding SD style, on a boogie board :D

We are so thankful to be surrounded by so many friends and awesome times during the holidays. We are trying to do it ALL, as these kids are loving the Christmas season and they just make every activity twice the fun!