Christmas morning! We used Grandma's stockings for the boys to open gifts we brought along. Then Chris & Gretchen & boys, plus Chris' dad John came over for the big present time and a nice brunch.
Ollie with the cat we gave him that's similar to Wade's beloved Kitty a.k.a. Meow-Meow.
The boys crowded around the busy board Phil & Abby made and Mom & Dad got for the boys.
The next day we went over to Balboa Island to spend some time with Jim's friend Rick and his kids. Nice to catch up with them!
Garrett and John and just a few weeks apart, and had fun playing together.
Afterward, we met Mom and Dad at the Crab Cooker! The boys ate tons of bread and a little fish and we all had a nice time. :)
The next day we had a nice relaxing time with Grammy and Poppa. The boys enjoyed the grand/great-grand toys, we had a delicious meal prepared by Grammy, and had a nice time sitting in the sun on the back patio chatting while the boys dug in the dirt and brought old guavas over to Poppa for him to slice open and show them.
Mom made a lot of nice food for me/us! This was yellow squash "chips" to make a nacho plate.
It was great to be back at Granada! Garrett read a scripture passage up in front during the kids time. Wyatt also went up and enjoyed that. Wade really wanted to "read" the hymnal and have me read it to him so I sang one of the songs for him, which he liked.
So great to catch up with so many people, including Jana & Dave and their 4 kids visiting from MN!
Afterward, Jim took the boys for the afternoon and evening since they were a little sick, and I went down to Uncle Tom's for Cox Christmas with Mom & Dad. We stopped at Smashburger and Redondo Beach on the way down - so fun! And, I couldn't resist taking a picture of this guy with his cart and flag ETC....this is just so "L.A." to me! :) Never a dull moment with so many different kinds of people to watch!
Phil & Abby invited us over for some backyard play. It was so fun! They have a great backyard and the boys got to help with the compost pile, dig holes, use a real small saw, and swing!
2 comments:
Wow, it was a "crowded hour." No wonder I felt like I was away from work for 3 months, not 4 weeks! So much happened! :-) Mom
So fun to see all that you did while here!
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