Getting ready for Christmas

 Got the tree

 Hauled it inside

 Thanks for the help Garrett.

 Lights, check.  Angel, check.  Ornaments, check.

Merry Christmas!

Thankful for Friends

On the way to the Bay Area we stopped off for a delightful visit in Bakersfield with dear friends. Here is a video of our two boys tearing up the house.

Garrett sings the alphabet

Oh wait, no he doesn't. He is a total difficult 2 year old and he won't do anything he is asked to do. Sorry.

What Papa missed



Garrett and Kailyn playing


Garrett and Kailyn sharing a snack

And the trip to the LA Zoo

Next time, Papa will have to join us in our fun revelries. 

Diggers!

 Guess who didn't care at all that there was no parking for Daddy's car?

 Garrett, that's who!

 He is totally "diggin'" the construction equipment directly in front of our house.

Yep, we let him climb up in there and press any button he wanted, 

yank on any lever until his little heart was full,

and crush anything that got in his way.

Just kidding.

Way up in the apple tree

"Way up high in the apple tree

 two shiny apples smiled at me.

 I shook that tree just as hard as I could.

Down came the apples.

Mmmm, they were good."

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