Palm Springs

We spent a week in Palm Springs.  Pat had a conference at the La Quinta resort, which is within walking distance of my parents' place, and then he had to go to LA for a few days.  We were fortunate to have awesome weather! The kids had so much fun swimming and hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa! 

Grandpa joined us for a morning hike up the mountain! 

Happy Hour on the patio! 

They loved the big bathtub! 

Helping make cornbread.

Exploring the "cave". 

Super Grandma!

It was so fun to watch Eric's team beat LMU! It came down to the last match! 

Go Aggies!

Getting a snack during the match.  It was fun to have a special day with Will and Annie! 

Kate was so excited because she could see our luggage being unloaded! She was an awesome traveler! 

Christmas with the Kessis.

We had fun going to the Kessi Christmas Party at Ixtapa! Maureen brought fun activities for the kids! And it gave Grace and Kate another chance to wear their pretty dresses from Aunt Kelly!

We got to celebrate Christmas with the Kessis on New Year's Day!

Annie has her pretty Christmas dress  on that used to be Kelly's! 

Zoo Lights with Bill and Maureen. .

Uncle Matt stopped by before we left to CA to deliver gifts for all of us! 

New York City. .

We had a great trip to New York to see Uncle Paul! We were so fortunate that the weather was mild, and we were able to walk a ton! We were grateful for Luke and Erin's stroller, because Annie spent most of each day in it:).  We were also grateful to my parents for watching Will, Grace and Kate! 

Central Park. .

We spent about 6 hours walking around the city the first day! It was so fun!!

If you look really close, you can see the Statue of Liberty in the background:). 

We walked across most of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was really fun! 

Annie had fun meeting Uncle Paul:). 

We had fun going out to eat! 

Christmas in Colusa

Twas the night before Christmas and I found all kids sleeping in our bed:).

From Karen's camera. . 

Sisters. . .

Aunt K set up a salon for the kids:). 

Uncle Luke and Aunt Erin's house for dinner!