Picture with Santa

I took the boys to have their picture taken with Santa for the first time! I was just thankful that there were no tears!

A Fun Family Day!

We always love it when Daddy has time off! We had a lazy morning followed by a hike in the hills.

The boys always want to have the perfect walking stick!

Cole got a little tired, but kept up pretty well for the most part.

We went to dinner at Azuma's for some yummy Japanese food to celebrate Mommy's birthday (2 months later!)

Christmas Tree Hunting

Yes, we actually went and got our tree the day after Thanksgiving. We went up off Black Rd. in the mountains. We ended up getting the first tree that we stopped to look at! So different from our half-a-day search last year!

Thanksgiving

We had a very nice Thanksgiving at Granny and Papa's house (Geoff's parents). We have so much to be thankful for! The boys had fun driving Rylan's remote control truck (and when I say boys, I mean Rylan, Tyler, Cole, Dean and Geoff!)

Dress up time is fairly standard at Granny and Papa's when the cousins are around. Tyler and Cole even got in on some of the outfits! It wasn't the same without Natalie and Heidi, though!

How you doin'?!

Trike-a-thon

Tyler's friend Mollie asked her mom to organize a Trike-a-thon to benefit St. Jude's hospital. So adorable! It was all about "kids helping kids".

Here are the kids at the start line.

Tyler did 34 laps!

Wildwood Park

We had a day off from school and met some friends at Wildwood Park in Saratoga. Tyler and Cole had lots of fun climbing on the rope structures.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with the boys. They had fun seeing the jelly fish, but really loved the "wave tunnel"!

Yes, those are real jelly fish! So cool!

Cole enjoyed touching the sea stars!

Waiting for the wave to come... (hanging on to daddy)

Ahhhhhh, here it comes!

Let's do it again!!!!

Two tired boys at lunch