Train Exhibit

My parents invited us to go see a train exhibit at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.  The boys have an enormous Lionel Train set under the tree this year so they were excited to see the trains.

Getting the Tree

Our tradition has been to go to the Santa Cruz mountains the day after Thanksgiving to cut down a Christmas tree. 

Thanksgiving 2010

We hosted Thanksgiving in our home this year for our families.  It was so nice to have both sides of the family gathered together.

Tyler made the turkey centerpiece for the kids' table.

 Geoff's sister actually made that chocolate torte with the raspberries!

Grandparents Day

Guadalupe has Grandparents Day each year.  Tyler and Cole were looking forward to having their grandparents visit their classrooms.

Cole was lucky enough to have 4 grandparents visit him in the Kindergarten room.

Cole's teacher asked if Geoff's dad would "adopt" another one of the kids who didn't have any visitors.  It just happened to be the girl that Cole refers to as his girlfriend!

After Cole's room, the grandparents headed over to Tyler's classroom and cousin Anya's classroom.

There were games, snacks, etc.

We are continually blessed by our parents.  The boys are so lucky to have grandparents that are so near by and so involved in their lives!

Fire Station Tour

Tyler's cub scout group got to take a tour of a fire station near the San Jose Airport.  They actually got to ride in the truck and see the water pumper pump.  They also got to help hold the fire hose.

Lake Tahoe

The boys had Veterans Day off as well as a teacher in-service day which made for a 4 day weekend.  Geoff took time off and we headed up to Tahoe.  We stayed at our friend's cabin (thank you, Ould family!).  We spent the first night at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe.  We swam at the indoor pool and went to see Megamind at the theaters. 

The next day we headed for the cabin to play in the snow!

And the boys "helped" Geoff build a huge snowman.  Step 1....

 Step 2....

 Step 3.....

 Ta Da!

The next day we played in the snow at Alpine.  It was like having our own private hill!  Geoff built a huge sledding run on the hill.  The boys had so much fun! 

A favorite in Tahoe is always skipping rocks on the lake, so we went down to the lake to do some rock skipping.

 We loved our little getaway!  Although Geoff went to the cabin all throughout high school and part of college, this was the boys' first time there!