January 2017

January is always month that literally flies by. We were on Christmas break until January 9th, which I love. We also get one day (MLK Day) off from school, which is really nice too. January is the Christmas hangover--getting back into the groove of school and starting the 3rd quarter.

 Wiggy's first time doing laser tag with dad and the boys on 

Martin Luther King Day. Everyone was home having fun, except mama who had to work.

 Celebrating Maya's birthday! Maya turned 8 in January and she was baptized.

 The girls also raced Wiggy's truck a few times before school started back up from the Christmas break.

 Dropping Wiggy off at school.

 Bubba had no school one Friday so he spent the whole day with mama. What a lucky kid. He even went with me to help in Wiggy's classroom. That was a lot of fun to watch him read with the little boys in class.

 Later in the day we went to lunch and then I took him shopping. He asked me to buy him some cologne at Nordstrom Rack. Yes--the kid who can't smell anything asked to buy cologne. I said "of course!!" :)

 The annual Daddy Daughter Dance at Wiggy's school. Her favorite date night with daddy. They went to dinner at Olive Garden beforehand and then to Yogurtland afterward.

 Stake Temple trip to Los Angeles. We had a few extras in the car with us. After the temple we went to Cafe Rio in Valencia for dinner.....after a stop at Sprinkles. 

Beach Trip - Jan 2017

On Monday, January 2nd we headed back down to the beach house in Carpinteria. We left around lunch, stopped for lunch in Santa Clarita and made it to the house by 5pm. This was Tubbs' first time to the house since he didn't go with us in November. He was taking photos on the deck.

Tuesday morning we ate breakfast at the house and then walked down to the beach. Then we headed into Carpinteria for some lunch at a bagel shop.

Then the real party showed up around 2:30! We were so happy to see family and thankful they made the drive down to spend 48 hours with us. Tuesday evening we headed into Carpinteria to an Italian restaurant for dinner. After dinner we watched some movies at the house.

 The walkway from the house to the beach, in between the houses.

 The kids sat in the hot tub even when it was raining.

Grandma playing some cards with the card sharks. 

Wednesday morning it was raining so the kids got in the hot tub before lounging around the house. 

Eventually in the afternoon we headed down to the beach and walked around a while in the rain. The kids had a lot of fun. Grandma, Holden and Luke stayed behind where it was dry and warm :)

 Grandpa was thinking about trying to jump onto the log in the ravine and I said, "don't do it Grandpa. This won't end well." haha.

Wednesday evening it was still raining pretty good so we ate close to the house at the Padaro Grill. Then we came back to the house, made some brownies and relaxed. The kids played some more games with Aunt Lindsay and Grandma---then everyone passed out.

Thursday morning we woke up a little earlier than the past few days and packed up our stuff. We said out goodbyes to family and then made our way home in the rain. We traveled together until Bakersfield, which was nice. We are so happy that our family came to spend some time with us at the Beach house. XOXOX