Happy Birthday Luke!! XOXO Love you! Miss you!

Christmas in California....

Yes... I am a bit behind but here are a few photos to catch you up on our Christmas adventures.... 

Trevor taking the Porsche for a drive...

 Luke and Mandy with their gingerbread house

 Madde with her gingerbread house

 Carly working on her house

 Luke with the finished product

 Etta with the house that she and I built.... she was BIG HELP!  :) 

 Making cookies.... Very serious business judging from Etta's face...

 Elliott, Luke and Craig... decorating cookies

 Awww... love those smiles.... Hunter and Etta

 Trevor decorating his hand instead of the cookies...

 Shelly, Carly and Meri....

 Meri and Hunter..... not sure if this is hugging or wrestling...  Haha!

 Hunter looking very tired...

 Madde and Brad

 Buddies.... Trevor and Troy

 

 Jen and Troy

 Etta with her tortilla warmer and stocking... Haha!

 Madde

 Luke

 Elliott

 The tickle monster strikes again...

 All ready for Santa...

 Jen and Troy

 Hunter, Dayton and Meri on Christmas morning

 Everybody should have a pair of Grinch jammies!

 Trevor putting his art kit to use

 Pops and Etta checking out her new toys

 LOVE that face!

Elliott

August in California....

Afternoon at Big Corona... Glad to know my love of shoes started at such a young age... haha! This is a picture of a note my Mom wrote in my baby book when I was a little more than a year old. There was a whole page about how I loved my shoes. Still do! :)
Let the BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA begin!! We were celebrating Etta's, Ava's, Ameya's and Trevor's birthdays! So fun!
I think the turtle was trying to hide...
Etta looks ready to wake board.
Gotta love the slip and slide!
One of the turtles even wanted a turn on the slip and slide... I think this is Hotlegs, but I can't quite tell.
Nice air Nate!
And what party would be complete without a bouncy house??

Big Corona again...
Ferry ride....
Etta is totally making a funny face, but I thought it was so funny that she totally leaned over to be in the picture... haha!
Fun zone...
Ruby's on the Balboa Pier...
Such a fun trip!! Thanks all for making my visit home so great!