Christmas!

I have noticed that Christmas is a great time for parties. There seems to be a lot of them.

The first Christmas party this year was the church party. 

 Tommy and I both got to get up with the Primary and sing Christmas Primary songs.

I sang a little. Tommy was scared and didn't sing at all.

 We didn't get costumes, though. They didn't have enough for everyone, but with our Christmas sweaters, Tommy and I looked pretty good!

 There was dinner at the party too and it was all right, but the desserts were better. 

I ate lots of cookies.

 The best part of all was meeting Santa. 

I told him what a wanted for Christmas (a toy penguin) and he gave me a candy cane!!!

 Then we had another party on Christmas Eve. 

The family came over and we ate a big, beautiful dinner. 

And then we sang songs (and whistled songs too--our Christmas Crackers came with whistles inside!)

 We opened presents and stockings from the Grandparents. 

I gave Grandma and Grandpa a book about rainbows and I think they liked it very much.

All the uncles and Aunties were there. 

Did you know Aunt Barb is having a baby soon? She's having a little girl.

Aunt Karren is having a baby too--a little boy.

Hurray for new cousins!

 Christmas morning was the best party of all, though. 

The hardest part was waiting for Audrey to wake up...she took forever! 

When she finally came out, we did stockings (mine is the gold one in the middle!)

Then we opened the presents around the tree. 

We got hula hoops, legos, beyblades, and lots of other things!

And when that was over, we packed up and went to Uncle Stu and Aunt Barb's house to eat, watch movies, and play games.

What a great Christmas!

Sunset Beach

It's been raining a lot here, but a few weeks ago we had one day that was perfect! The sun was out and warm. The sky was clear and we just needed to get OUT!

See, days like that are rare (even here in California) at this time of year, 

so we kidnapped Daddy and raced to the beach!

The problem was days the days were getting shorter and we got there just before sunset. 

Still the water was nice and any time you can be at the beach is a good time!

Mama and Tommy stayed by the blanket mostly--they don't like being cold. 

So, it was up to Daddy, Audrey, and me to enjoy the huge waves! It was heaven!

Even whenAudrey got pretty cold, she just could't stay away from those waves! 

And who could blame her? She takes after me!

In the end, Tommy caved and came down too. 

All too soon the sun was gone 

and I only had time to throw the frisbee a few times before we had to go home. 

Daddy always says the beach helps him relax and makes him happy. 

I guess I take after him.