San Francisco

Jim had some free hotel nights that expired at the end of year so we decided to pack up the car and take the kids to San Francisco for the weekend. We had a great time - how can you not in SF?? It rained on and off pretty much the whole time but we still had a blast shopping, eating and taking in everything that city has to offer during the holiday season.


 
 
 
 

 
 

Cole's Christmas Performance

Cole's preschool put on their annual Chrismtas performance in December and it was the cutest thing ever!! Imagine 200 adorable 3 and 4 year old's dressed in their Christmas best, singing their little hearts out to songs they have been practicing for 3 months.....just precious. It seriously brought tears to my eyes. One of those "defining" moments as a mom. He was able to see us as he walked down the isle to the stage and was so excited! He just kept waving to us and giving us thumbs up throughout their performance. What a special day!!



 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

Santa's Adventure

I wasn't able to get our family tickets for the Polar Express this year at the time I wanted, so we decided to go check out "Santa's Adenture" at a local ranch nearby. It was a little pricey for what you got and I definitely like the Polar Express better, but the kids had a fun time none-the-less. The place was decorated beautifully and we were able to make it on a pretty warm night and the kids were beyond excited to visit with Santa and sit on his lap. The hightlight of the night was when Santa asked Olivia what she wanted for Christmas and wasn't able to understand her response, so Cole gladly helped out and managed to come up with two things: 1. A lollipop and 2: Christmas lights. What? Totally random but I think Santa can make that happen this year!!


 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Decorating the tree

I managed to snap a few pictures of the kids decorating the Christmas tree. They had such a fun time and were so excited to get the tree and house all decorated for Christmas. They are at such a fun age for all of these holidays :-)


 
 
 
 

This was Olivia's foot 2 years ago. Such a tiny little thing :-)
 

Christmas Caroling

Some of our friends in our PG got together to sing Christmas carols at a local nursing home. They were so cute, all dressed up with their reindeer noses and jingle bells and I think the audience really enjoyed watching the little ones perform.