December 24th - Christmas EVE
I was in the process of uploading my 400 photos from our recent trip to California, when it dawned on me that there is no possible way to share all the fun we had. In a feeble attempt to translate our holiday time, I will have to break it down day by day. We did so much while there, and had so much fun with family (and Santa).
The journey begins on Christmas Eve, when we flew out of Portland at 6:30 AM (this will be the last time we attempt this... I think we got the very last parking spot in long term parking). Violet was a trooper and travelled really well, I was extremely proud of her. Thank goodness for the short 2 hour flight!
When we arrived, Violet quickly discovered the living room had been transformed to a toddler playroom! Outfitted with a miniature kitchen, dolls house, baby crib and rocking horse. Oh heavens!
Christmas Eve began at Tammy & Mike's house. We had a fantastic ham dinner (with a side of saurerkraut and bacon which I have been dreaming of every night since) and listening to stories of politics and gold. Tammy made a book of our family vacation at Port Orchard last summer for "Bampa" & "Bamma" (Port Orchard Memory Book) In addition Tammy made an ABC book for Jubilee and Violet. (Violet & Jubilee's ABCs) You can click on those to view both of the amazing books she put together!
Violet and Jubilee quickly became reacquainted with each other. We had a few "MINE" moments, but over all the night was a hit.
We finished the evening of gluttony (one of many for me) with a walk around the block to view the neighborhood Christmas lights.
More to come tomorrow on our adventures Christmas day! I'll give you a hint... Santa showed up and there was lots of screaming!!
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