We celebrated Charles' birthday with Katy's family at a park up in Oak Glen canyon. It was great to see them!
Charles and Kelsey.
Austin, Ethan and Charles.
These are eggs our chickens are laying. Bobbie just started laying last week. Hers is the little one!
The park has a neat climbing wall.
We enjoyed having Jesse and Sarita and Joey and Katie here at the same time for a couple of days. Jesse and Sarita stayed with us on their way to and from Alaska.
Hunter opening one of his gifts at our family get-together held a week after Christmas this year.
Megan in the leopard pj's we sent to her.
Lexi in her new pj's- a little big, but cute!
Jacob with his toys. We missed seeing these guys this year!
Jake and Laura sent us this fire pit for Christmas. Cousins got to use it to bbq hot dogs while they were here.
Joey entertaining the Ellsworths.
Katy and Paul.
Here's Austin with a present sent by the Fife cousins.
Joey rabble-rousing with the grandchildren.
Charles got some tickets to a dinner and tour of the Rose Parade floats being built for free from his work. U.S. Bank was putting it on. It was interesting to see the process.
Kelsey, Hunter and Skylee spent the night and here they are all set to make some pizza.
Grandpa, Audra and Evan.
Katy, here's the hair thing you made for Carly.
Watching football.
We got to have Christmas in AZ this year with Carly's family. It's kind of fun being the grandparents and having our main responsibility be playing with kids!
The presents were all laid out in the morning for some very excited kids! They loved their gifts.
Audra got this little apron that was perfect for carrying around her doctor kit equipment.
Carly sitting back and watching her kids Christmas joy!
Evan loves Toy Story stuff, so here he is in his Toy Story sunglasses and the Toy Story laser dart gun he got from the Ellsworths.
Bella loves the Touch and Teach turtle she got!
Cool Evan! He's also wearing Toy Story pj's!
Rich's family does a pretty elaborate Nativity production with costumes and a script as well as Christmas carols sung between scenes. We got to join in their family tradition while we were there.
Evan played Joseph this year and said his line perfectly.
Austin and Ethan spent the night with us before we left for AZ. We had fun doing crafts, watching movies, etc. It was a very rainy day, so outdoor activities were not possible!
Here's Lilly carrying a six pound medicine ball. She's pretty strong!
Sarita and Kiku. We had the Ishimoto's over for a visit while Jesse and Sarita were here and these two hit it off immediately!
Skylee on the playground. This girl is only five, but hanging around with all the older kids makes her more mature because she converses like a much older child. She's also very artistic. You should take a look at her work, Sarita! Maybe you and her could collaborate on a children's book!
Kelsey is great fun to hang around with too!
A few of the men.
We always take pictures at the pond at Redhill Park, but this is Lilly's first time!
Charles, Paul, Kelsey.
This is how Lilly sits in a high chair. Good thing she was strapped in!
The gang, minus Ethan and Austin, who were at the other table.
Megan spent a lot of time with the chickens while she was here. Bobbie is her favorite, but she got the other two pretty tame too.
Grandpa getting some lovins.
It was fun for us, having a little girl around!
See, Barbie and Susie were pretty friendly with Megan too!
We shopped all over the place to find this little sweater to go with the dress Grandma Grace got her to wear to church and a wedding while she was here.
Megan's quite artistic. She painted this little wooden chicken as well as a horse and a penguin.
