Chat with Santa

Raegan was so thrilled to see Santa! Here is a video of part of their chat. It cracks me up that she told him she is three years old. I have never heard her say that before. Once she told a server at a restaurant that she is 49. Oi!

Chat with Santa

7th annual Xmas party

We did so much preparation that I was out of energy by the time the party started, so I forgot to take pictures of our guests. They did come, though, abut 40+. It was a wonderful celebration of friends and family! I tried some new appetizers, including bacon wrapped potato bites with a dill dip, artichoke turnovers, and my very first cheese ball (cranberry-cheddar)! For cookies, we made the traditional sugar cookies which Raegan enjoyed helping with, and a new recipe I haven't made before of chocolate peppermint thumb prints. All delicious, if I do say so myself! Raegan hung out with the adults until about 9:30, at which point I had to bribe her with a sugar cookies to get her upstairs. When she woke up the next morning and came down stairs, she said, "Where is everybody?"

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas performance

Raegan had her very first Christmas performance at her pre-school. It is a class of 2-3 year olds, and in the begining it was mostly a lot of crying, lol. But Raegan was a trooper and she did some singing. It was very cute. Afterwards we had snacks and cookies. Don't mind the little guy standing in front of her the entire time....


Christmas video

Snow storm in Cali

Although the mountains and foothills typically get snow in the winter, it is pretty rare to get snow in the valley. A few weeks ago we had a storm come through and it actually snowed at our house (it did not stick, however). But, for the football game we went to Jeff's in the foothills and they had plenty of snow to play in. Raegan didn't want to go inside, as she wanted to keep sledding and trying to build a snowman. Hopefully there will also be some snow for her when we go to Illinois in a few days!

Turkey day fun

We missed my mom's company for this Thanksgiving, but we enjoyed the company of Meghan, Tarik, Sheri, Shannon, Lance, Camden, and Shannon! Our little get together was a delicious success. We attempted to play some games after dinner, but we were all in a turkey coma. Aside from some very nice weather, not much else to report! here are some pics...