Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Christmas 2013... do I even need to say it?... I"M WAY BEHIND!

Christmas was pretty amazing this year. Amma and Boppa came down from Seattle to celebrate with us. San Diego was showing off a little bit and gave them 75-80 degrees every day they were here. We took advantage of the warm weather and went out to Coronado island to check out the hotel, beach and do a little ice skating. Jax and I were the only brave souls that put on the skates and did 2 laps around the rink this year. The day could not have been better. We spent Christmas Eve day on the beach, playing in the water and building sand castles. It was so awesome and I had to pinch myself to realize that we actually live in this amazing place where my kids can where put there feet in the ocean and bury themselves in the sand in December. So cool. That night we got the boys in their PJs, jumped in the car and checked out the Christmas lights on the famous street on our neighborhood called Christmas Card Lane. The boys loved it. The Littles went to be early that night and Jax stayed up a little later so that he could get the cookies, carrots and his letter ready for Santa. After everyone was snug in their beds, Santa and his elves worked VERY hard getting everything just right. The next morning when everyone woke up, there was a lot of excitement around the stockings. No one drew attention to the very large Santa present that was sitting in the back yard. Jax was the first person to see it and said "Hey, what's that?! It's a trampoline!" The boys were ecstatic and spent the next hour or so jumping around on their new toy. The rest of the day was filled with good food, new toys, fun games and only a little bit of rest time. Cory made his famous turkey and we feasted on it for days. We were also very lucky to have Engineer Boppa there to help with some major house projects. We were really sad to see them go but it really was a super fun Christmas.