13 Jan 2012
Another Christmas in California
We were lucky to be the Christmas guests of my brother Jason and his girlfriend Leslie again this year. Jer and I rode down with Dad and Mom in a rented minivan, and Jill and her girls flew in from Houston. Great roads and the roomy van made the 14+ hour trip tolerable with a 1 year old. She was a pretty good sport, but slept for markedly less time than during last year’s trip!
We enjoyed the warm weather, awesome kids, a fabulous dinner thanks to Leslie and a few helpers, meeting Leslie’s family, a trip to the zoo, a bit of shopping (girls and kids), some target practice (guys), Christmas Eve at Uncle Dougs, visits with Grandma Barb, great food, playing in the rocks, watching Curious George (at least 5 times)…
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- Opening presents!
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- a Princess in the rocks
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- Favorite play spot at Uncle Jason's
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- Time with Auntie Jill
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- Little Jada monkey
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- More rocks!
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- Zoe stealing Uncle Jer's chair
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- Zoe Attack!
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- Jer's reading spot-the sun was there at first!
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- The girls and their rocks
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- Jason's sliding door got a workout
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- Look at all those teeth!
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- Zoe and Auntie Becky made a gingerbread house!
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- Zoe was happy with the finished product
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- Playing with Zoe's laptop
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- Playing with Aspen's laptop
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- Getting ready to go shopping
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- Reading a story
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- Adorable Jada
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- Zoe and Uncle Jason played lots of hide-and-seek
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- Uncle Jason had a foot attachment much of the time
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- Hugs for Zoe
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- More Hugs!
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- Aspen loved playing with cousin Zoe
