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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Christmas morning

Someone found her stocking.

Oooh, there's more!

Leverage?!?

Helping daddy make pancakes.

Daddy, this is taking too long.

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Aunt Tracey flew down on December 23rd for the holidays. Granny and Grandpa wanted to take everyone on a horse drawn carriage ride through downtown Los Gatos. We were the first ride of the evening so we were able to watch all of the horses come out at once. Molly was in awe.

Our carriage was referred to as the "limo".

The two horses that took care of us.

Glitter hooves!

Afterwards we headed to the Los Gatos Brewing Company for dinner. Delicious as always!

I think Aunt Tracey is trying to steal my fries.

Get your own!

Uncle Gabe's Memorial

Just before Christmas we drove down to southern california for Uncle Gabe's Memorial. It took place at the Lake Shrine Temple in Pacific Palisades and they said it used to be a movie set. I believe them.

Once it became clear that the service was going to be standing room only I opted to give up our seats for some of Gabe's relatives and headed outside with Molly. A few other little ones joined us in our exploration of the grounds.

Carys

Molly and Gigi

After the service we headed up to Annie's house (Gabe's aunt and adopted mother). Molly immediately made herself at home and had a blast bossing all the adults around as she was the only little one there. She also made fast friends with a little doggie named Mouse.

At first I was hesitant to bring Molly along because I was concerned about her making it through the service. Then I thought people that haven't seen N in years would want to meet her. I am really glad she came along because several people came up to me before we left and told me she was a welcome distraction and it was good to laugh after a week of non-stop crying.

Annie, Nathan, and Bobbie

Annie, Nathan, Molly, and Bobbie

Nathan, Molly, and Lex

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Trains and Tea Time with Teacher Nancy

One of the silent auction items that we won at Molly's school's holiday party was Trains and Tea Time with Teacher Nancy. Teacher Nancy's husband has an amazing train collection and two students were given the opportunity to go visit during the holidays.

Checking things out...

Molly wanted to get behind the camera and took this one:

And this one...

Teacher Nancy (another Molly shot)

Gee, I wonder who took this one...

Molly and Matthew (another boy in her class)

Teacher Nancy let the kids make some rice krispie treats (that's Matthew's older sister in the shot)

Since it was such a nice day we all headed to park afterwards...

Getting a ride from daddy...

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Christmas in the Park

Molly's school did a field trip to Christmas in the Park back on December 14th. We met up with her school mates and took the train into town (even though we actually live closer to downtown than the train station) and Molly LOVED it! The kids ran around and had a blast looking at all the different displays and then it was another fun train ride back to the car.

Molly and some school mates checking things out...

Making zombie faces with Julia and Teegan.

All that running around is starting to catch up with her...

Frosty!!!

Apparently this one was a little tall...

Christmas tree!

Attempting a class pic... yeah... mmm hmmm...

Molly loves Teacher Nancy...

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Scootin' Adventure

This is from November, but I just love this progression of shots (even if they were taken on my iPhone in horrible lighting):

Such a good little helper!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

New shoes!

Her last pair lasted 9 whole months! I wonder how long these will last?

Monday, January 23, 2012

Robert's 4th Birthday Party

Yes, he turned 4 in August... I know this... however, N just recently uploaded the pics. The full gallery can be found here, but these are my favorites:

The girl loves a bouncy house.