Christmas Lights 2025 (plus our favorite one)

 Yesterday we got to go see lights in some of our favorite neighborhoods in Brea and Fullerton! But first, dinner at The Hat:

Lights in Brea:

Fullerton:

These traditions absolutely melt my heart. We’ve done it since school Ryder was tiny…

Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention our all-time favorite house:

Kit does an amazing job every single time!

fractures and injuries and the waiting game…

 In mid November, Eden fractured the base of her right thumb in a rainy soccer match. We had to have it casted for over a month and she honestly had the best attitude about it.  We don’t like the cast so we named him Jerry. It’s easier to be mad or frustrated when we can get mad at him by name.

This week marked wearing the cast for 1 month, so we headed to the orthopedist to have it checked on for updates. It’s not heal g as quickly as we would like so she hit to evict her old cast and get a removable one and we will follow up in 6 weeks.

We celebrated the new REMOVABLE cast with Starbucks… She’s had the best attitude in the discouraging moments… I’m so proud of her!

Annual Biola Raclette Dinner 2025

 We had our annual raclette dinner with our Biola family this last Sunday. It was SO good!

I love this time together and this tradition we have kept through the years, and it was even more special to have the Kamalski’s from South Africa with us!

Biola family, near and far…

This past weekend, we got to have our Biola family, the Kamalski's, from South Africa in town for hanging out. Kit and the guys went away to Arrowhead for a guys hang out and the Kamalski girls, Maxie, Mia, and Clara stayed at our house. We ate together, watched Christmas movies and crafted, went to Ryder’s soccer games, made hot chocolate and we introduced them to the craft store, Michael’s.

 I also got to take them down memory lane and show them pictures of their dads in college. There were some laughs for sure!

I made this book for Kit when he graduated college and they got such a kick out of all the photos…

The guys had a great time too!