Happy Holidays part 1

Whew! December flew by in a flash and now we're already into 2020! How the heck did that happen?!

Our holidays were spent, as usual, in good ole LA where we had plenty of fun hanging out with family and enjoyed the lovely sunshine. The first half of the trip was spent with Grammie and Grandpa at their house in Sierra Madre where we filled our days with exploring the neighborhood, had a nice outing to the California Science Center (pretty neat!) and then got ready for Christmas. Here's some quick snaps of our trip!

Oranges galore! Soon they will be ready to sell at the market!

We tried a new-to-us brewery in Sierra Madre called Route Rogers. This is the Guava and Raspberry ale.

Evie didn't want to go so it was just Nora that hung out with us at the brewery. We let her try "unicorn bao". The pink was filled with bbq pork and the orange one had mushrooms and eggplant.

Grandpa showed us all his neat photos from when they first got married and when Scott and Missy were little.

A trip is never complete without a ride in Grandpa's truck.

We took a short hike up the canyon.

Pretty views!

Bonus that there was minimal whining from this girl on our trek home.

We helped Samantha celebrate her 21st birthday (again!).

Uncle Albert made his delicious homemade tong yuan soup!

After dinner, we rushed back to make it for the annual candlelight Christmas walk.

It's always a fun tradition that brings the whole neighborhood out.

At the Science Museum, we looked at ourselves with an infrared camera. Notice how hot Nora and Scott are!

Nora liked the aquarium exhibits

I thought seeing the Endeavor space ship and other space things like this capsule were super cool.

There's a naked chef in the kitchen making cookies! Our annual tradition with Grammy.

Christmas Eve - ready for dinner!

Happy on Christmas morning.

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Happy new year!!

Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.

Eating on the road

With all the COVID restrictions on restaurants and Scott not liking takeout service, we've gotten pretty good at planning meals for days we are out and about. We've basically taken to tailgating... a lot! It is nice though that it means having a hot meal to warm up after a day of playing in the snow and I'm not going to lie - it is also a good excuse to eat instant noodles because it is fast and easy and warming! For overnight stays, we end up doing instant pot meals like one-pot spaghetti or chili, or easy meals like a cheese plate or sandwiches. It does save on $ so that's definitely nice but man, I can't wait to go out to restaurants again! Beef and barley soup lunch at Mt Baker. Chillin' with Chili at Crystal Mountain. Beautiful but cold picnic in Wenatchee Little girl loving her hot ramen over Blewitt Pass Jook after sledding at Crystale Springs Chicken Noodle Soup in the snow at Salmon Ridge. Pho bowls under the ferry awning at Diablo Lake.

Glass art

We picked up our finished creations from the glass blowing class we took a few weeks ago and I think they came out great! Can you tell who made which one? Nora's sunset pumpkin, May's bluebird and Evie's snow pumpkin.

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