New Years Eve 12-31-15

After Richard's parents left to go back to Arizona, we headed down to Fashion Island. In the evening, we went over to the New Year's Eve party at Dave and Rasha's house. Everybody made it to midnight to welcome in 2016. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-gg

More Christmas 12-28-15

Richard's parents came to visit with Rusty to celebrate Christmas with us. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-fQ

Christmas 12-25-15

Merry Christmas! Cecily was so excited to open her Santa presents in the morning. Caren's family came late morning to celebrate with us. In the evening, Richard cooked dinner for all 15 of us! http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-bA

Christmas Eve 12-24-15

Caren and Cecily headed to Michelle's parents house to deal with bridesmaid dresses and enjoy a delicious clam chowder lunch. Christmas eve, Cecily set out cookies and milk for Santa as well as carrots for the reindeer. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-Xw

Ornament Exchange 12-21-15

Cecily was invited again this year to the neighbor's ornament exchange and cookie decorating party. The kids had a lot of fun making cookies and stealing each other's ornaments. They finished off the party with a round of blackout bingo. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-Tg

San Diego Safari Park 12-20-15

Allen and Cindy had free tickets to the San Diego Safari Park so they invited us to join them. Richard happily stayed home, so Caren and Cecily joined them in SD for a fun day with the animals. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-OQ

Santa 12-17-15

We were supposed to go with Alexsia to visit Santa at the Grand Californian, but she was sick. So we took Richard with us instead. After taking pictures with Santa, we headed over to dinner at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-KA

Girl Scouts 12-14-15

Our Girl Scout troop took a field trip to the CUMC food Closet to help pack food bags for the homeless. Kelly also generously donated Earth Friendly products as well. After they finished packing the food bags, the girls helped organize the food and supplies in the food closet. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-Gw

Boat Parade Party 12-13-15

Tonight was our annual boat parade party at the Hanks home. This year's theme was White Christmas. Kelly was worried about the new event planner/caterer she hired since she was a friend of her step-sister, but everything turned out beautifully and the food was delicious. The kids had fun making an ornament and taking pictures in the photo booth. After watching the boat parade, we enjoyed a lovely boat ride around the harbour to see the Christmas lights. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V-Cg

Katelyn Birthday & Boat Parade 12-12-15

Happy 12th Birthday, Katelyn! Cecily helped her celebrate at her birthday/boat parade party. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V95w

While Cecily was having fun with her friends, Caren and Richard enjoyed their own boat parade party at Rasha's brother's new house. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V99g

Ria's Birthday Party 12-09-15

Happy Birthday, Ria! Since we had to drop Kiran off after school, Cecily was invited to stay to help Ria celebrate her birthday at Pump It Up. Cecily had a good time with Kiran, and she really enjoyed her special goody bag with the Tsum Tsum treats! http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V91A

The Grove 12-08-15

Kelly has always raved to us about the holiday decorations at the Grove, so she took us to check it out after school. After stopping briefly for Alexsia's dental appointment in Santa Monica, we headed over to the Grove. The sparkling lights and snow were beautiful! Cecily and Alexisa grabbed some candy at Dylan's Candy Bar before we headed to dinner at La Piazza to celebrate Mina's birthday. After dinner, Alexsia and Mina took their picture with Santa before we headed home. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V9xQ

Soccer Party 12-07-15

The Black Widows waited for us to get back from our Taiwan trip for our end-of-the season soccer party. We went to Slice of New York next to Trader Joe's and enjoyed some pizza with the team. Caren passed out picture frames to all the kids while Mondo gave each girl a soccer pin. The team gifted Mondo awesome personalized Coach Mondo Nikes courtesy of Marlene's employee discount. Then the girls had fun running around outside. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V9sg

Legoland 12-06-15

Cecily and Caren headed down to Legoland to check out the Christmas decorations with Uncle Allen, Aunt Cindy, Brendan, and Quinn. Richard enjoyed staying home to watch football. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V9ow

Christmas Tree 12-05-15

We celebrated Richard's birthday belatedly at Buon Gusto, and the next day we went out to get our Christmas tree. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V9kA

Holiday Concert 12-03-15

Cecily had her very first band concert at Marine View. Beginning Band, Advanced Band, Choir, Music, and Jazz Ensemble all performed in the gym. It was fun to watch the kids perform. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V9gQ

Cotillion 12-02-15

On Tuesday, we headed to South Coast Plaza to do the mini build at the Lego store. It was fun to check out the holiday decorations at South Coast Plaza. Wednesday night was our Holiday Cotillion. So funny that the girls all ended up in red and white. Since it was also Richard's birthday, we brought home his favorite cannoli from Roman Cucina to celebrate. Happy Birthday, Richard! http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3V9fg