Christmas & New Year's 2010

Four score and seven years ago..... Lish posted something to the blog.

So 2010 was a big year for us with lots of amazing changes, but I vow to make at least one improvement during 2011 - to keep the blog updated on a more regular basis. 

Our Christmas season was packed with fun.  Connor began to truly experience the Christmas season. 

From the beginning (of December).... We were lucky enough to visit everyone in the Bay Area in early December.  We had so much fun grabbing dinner with different people and only wish our stay could have been longer.  We got to conclude our weekend by staying in Aptos with my company's Christmas party (go Wells Fargo this year)!  We took Connor to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and he had as much fun with the pigeons outside as he did inside the aquarium.  To top things off, if you were a Monterey county resident - the aquarium was free -- we were the only schmucks that had to pay!! 



Sunset in Aptos -- Thought of you Becko and the sunken ship :)



Connor pointing out the pigeons!

 
We spent some time with Santa --- Connor did AWESOME!  No pouting, no crying.... oh Santa Claus is coming to town.  You might just get rewarded for such good behavior with a Red Wagon (foreshadowing?)


Ho Ho Ho!

One of the new favorite Christmas presents was for outdoor fun... Grandma Janet & Grandpa Dan bought Connor a sled. We had lots of fun playing in the in the Winter Wonderland at my parents house.

I had fun decorating for Christmas & making our house feel like home.  We were lucky enough to get to share our house with my parents and Robert as well as Dan's parents and Lynz & Bob!  So much fun!!


Christmas Dinner was held on my Grandma's Dining room table -- love that we now have a home for it!



Dan's Christmas ornament (Christmas 2010 - "Golden Key" to Our New Home) and Connor's ornament (Christmas 2009 - Baby's First Christmas)



Christmas Eve at my parent's house....



Oh Thomas!  Connor's new favorite!



Just tear that wrapping paper.  Thanks D :)

  Christmas morning brought a fun morning for Connor.  He was so excited about the new ATW (All Terrain Wagon) and insisted on pushing it around the house!!!  Later in the day, he got in the spirit of decorating as we were laying out our new rug.

More Christmas when Grandma Betsy & Grandpa Ken arrived!!



Now that's focus.

And at the end of the week, we were lucky enough to get to see Bob & Lynz not once but twice!  They came over our house and we all had very yummy steak for dinner (Lish's fav!)  Then a couple of days later, we joined them for a day of skiing at Big Sky.  The perfect day was capped off with a drink in the beautiful Moonlight Mountain lodge and an even more beautiful sunset!! 

Ok - not our actual photo -- but it looked like this!

Happy 2011 All -- We love you all and miss you.  Hope to see you soon!