Christmas has come and gone, but we are still enjoying California. After arriving here on Wednesday us girls went to get our nails (and toes) done. And I must insert here that they still look lovely, even the nails which is amazing. On Thursday we picked up both Grandma’s at the airport. On Friday night we had Pizza and then went to the ice rink where Heather was skating two exibitions. She did great of course and was absolutely beautiful. Saturday we went to a wedding, and our first ever Chinese Wedding Banquet, it was amazing. I tried jellyfish and several other things for the first time. We got our first look at Aspynn on Sunday at Church, and what a cutie. I got pictures with Colie and both the boys. We had Christmas with the whole family on Sunday. We exchange gifts with all the family members who go other places on Christmas day. We had a lot of fun with the whole family. On Monday we opened presents from Mom and Dad and Heather; Colie and I gave them their gifts as well. Then that evening we went over to have dinner with the Murphy family (Brandon’s in-laws). Brandon has been frying Turkeys for the last few major holidays, so this was our first taste of it. I really liked it. On Tuesday after the nursing home Mom, Grandma’s and I went shopping and to turn in pictures for some new Christmas/New Years cards… I didn’t get enough the first time. Wednesday Heather and I took off and shopped for about 7 hours!!!!!!!!! What a blast. Thursday we had an open house for people to come visit us and meet Mac. It was really fun, but during the afternoon hours it was hard to keep up with all that were there. I started losing my voice. It didn’t get totally lost though! Today a friend is coming for a visit and then this evening we are going to have the neighbor watch the kids and we are all going to a movie. Tomorrow is my b-day and I am not sure what we are doing, except for going to Honalulu Harry’s! One of my favorite restaraunts. On Sunday we fly out after church.
It has been a busy trip, but we are enjoying it. Colie has been working with Joel, since he can’t just sit around for this long of a visit! They have been doing lots of things that Joel needed help with that he didn’t have qualified people to do.