Night Lights

 We were able to visit some local spots during this Christmas season. The Mission Inn lived up to its reputation with the beautiful lights and great opportunity to people-watch. We also attended our local Christmas parade with several friends, which also did not disappoint.

Mission Building Fourth Grade Style

One of the expectations of being a fourth grader in California is that you will study the California missions in school. Part of this study involves building one of your own. Troy was able to work on this with a group of friends during the weeks leading up to Christmas break. Scott and I were able to visit during the building of the missions and document the progress. It was interesting to observe the boys working together. We realized Troy is quite the perfectionist and was kind of hard on his friends. :) Mission San Jose turned out great, however and all friendships are still in tact.

Thanksgiving 2013

We enjoyed hosting some friends at our house again this year for a Thanksgiving celebration. Scott successfully deep fried a delicious turkey and others brought wonderful things too. We did miss, Katie who was away at school. We had a beautiful day, so could be outside, which is always a bonus. In the afternoon, we took the kids to run around at school. It was a great day celebrating so many blessings.