Celebrating best friends...

Our best friend Mark turned 40 on December 30, and we got to double date!  The kids were in Redlands and we got to enjoy an evening together!

First, dinner:

Then walking down in Balboa to see the lights!

But first, frozen bananas...

 We love these people so much, we have had the privilege to celebrate over two decades of birthdays, and this was such a special one for us.  We love you Mark!

Christmas with family!

On December 26-28, we were with our family in Redlands.

Some highlight were eating amazing food, playing games, taking a trip to the snow, and talking and laughing together at each step... It was so fun to be together!

Home made tortillas and salsa with games!

Getting ready to head out to the snow:

But first, waffles:

I love the time that we get to be together!  We have a BIG trip coming up in March and we are so excited for what that trip will hold for our family!

Christmas Eve 2019

We are currently in Redlands, but wanted to share about our Christmas Eve and the sweet rest it brought to our family.

We woke up and took the day slow with eating homemade waffles and watching some Christmas movies.  Then we headed out for a walk.  It had rained earlier in the week, and it continued later in the week, but on Christmas Eve, it stopped enough for us to enjoy the outdoors with some cool, crisp California weather!

 Ryder was so excited to have his remote control car with us...

 Crazies...

We headed home and made BLTS before we headed to church for our candlelight and carols service:

What a sweet evening to be with people that we love so much!