San Diego

We spent a couple of nights in Point Loma enjoying the warm fireplace in the guest house :) We lucked out with two sunny, fairly warm days to spend on the beach in Mission Bay with Nate and Alex and our little fleet of Sabots! We all got to take turns sailing--even the three boys went for a spin! (while Jared sailed alongside). It was warm enough that the kids played in the sand and water for hours, until the sun finally began to go down and they were suddenly freezing! 

Post-Presents Playtime

Merry Christmas!

It was really fun having Uncle Nate spend Christmas morning with us!

We made a trip to Jared's favorite lumber shop and he picked up some pretty hardwoods to use for some woodworking projects. He made this picture frame this week with Peruvian Walnut and Padouk. 

Christmas Eve

We watched a beautiful sunset from the cliffs in Carlsbad before heading out for Mexican food and then home to watch Charlie Brown's Christmas. Levi sprinkled reindeer food on the lawn (oats with glitter) before staying up until 10:45, too excited and delirious to fall asleep! 

Double Trouble

Well, we've finally added a second Sabot to our growing flotilla of boats! Jared has spent the last couple of days fixing some holes/damage to make sure that the hull is watertight, and it was ready to launch today. We'd like to eventually repaint the hull and it definitely needs a different sail, but it seems like it will sail fine and be fun! We're really looking forward to having some races and being able to share both boats with family and friends. 

Harbor Sabot Sailing

This is us sailing one late afternoon a couple of weeks ago in the Oceanside harbor--this isn't our new Sabot. Jared is doing a little work on that one to get it ready to sail so we can finally have some races!

Better and Better!

Bike Riding!

Light Show Extraordinaire!

After our sunset tide pool walk at the Dana Point headlands, we got to check out this crazy light display in the DP harbor! The kids had fun running around on the grass (and repeatedly tripping on tree roots), checking out all of the ocean-themed displays while the Beach Boys Christmas music played...it felt like a very So Cal Christmas ;)

Dana Point Headlands

Happy first day of winter!

Christmas Show

Parker's school had their Christmas show last Wednesday night, and I took a few photos of the kids before we walked over to school for the performance. You can tell by the looks on their faces that they were pretty much forced into this photo shoot, but I wanted to be sure to have some pics of them together in front of the Christmas tree for posterity!