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December roundup

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Wow, it's been a minute since we last posted!! So much to share, so we'll just do a quick overview of our December shenanigans....

First, we had a couple of school events. Nora is part of the school choir (Sunset Singers) and they had a holiday concert one evening. She also got elected/selected to be part of Student Council, and the kids did an amazing job organizing a food drive for a local shelter. After they were done collecting, they loaded up three vans with all the food. It was heartwarming to watch the kids being so kind and helpful with each other. Lastly, we signed Nora up for a free intro lesson to fencing. She looked so cute out on the floor, but I'm not sure how much she liked it. 






For Christmas break, we did our usual and headed down to good ole LaLa land! We had lots of fun planned out:
  •  Dinner at the Mission Inn in Riverside
  • a Hawaiian Christmas concert
  • horseback riding lessons
  • Disneyland
  • Making cookies with Grammy
  • Christmas Eve dinner
  • Christmas dinner
  • Hotpot night
  • a CH reunion
  • Visiting the Broad museum
  • Phillipe's for french dip sandwiches
And, of course, lots of time hanging with family! It was a great few weeks that always recharges our souls. The girls always look forward to going down and are so sad to leave, but we always take away with us lots of great new memories and this year was no exception.

Dinner at Mission Inn. Kinda kitschy, but also nice. Food was meh.

Great decorations in the lodge.

SO MANY lights. And, free too!

First ride of the day at Disneyland!

Star Wars was really cool. Two thumbs up.

The weather didn't cooperate but we made the best of the situation.


This year we made gingerbread cookies. YUM!

Hawaiian Christmas concert was great - very intimate and the performers were so talented.

Christmas Eve family selfie

Christmas morning

My asian-inspired veggie dip appetizer plate - miso tahini, red curry white bean dip, chili crunch hummus with all the veggies, pretz, japanese rice crackers and mala nuts.

We got a family picture in this year! That's everyone minus Cameron and Caty, and Caspar's family.

We did a separate trip to visit Caspar's family. The little ones have grown so much since we last saw them in 2019!

In N Out, of course. 

CH buddies FOR LIFE!

Our crew has grown!

Phillipe's beef dip, double dipped with mustard, please!

At the Broad Museum's Infinity Mirror room..

hi doggie!

Mahjong sharks.


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