PreChristmas in LA

We celebrated Christmas at our house 3 days early due to the horrible weather. Hoping the new
toys would keep the little ones occupied
The Jennings

"Daddy, come find me!"

Just about every day when I come home from work, Hailey drops whatever she is doing, runs into her bedroom, jumps into bed, pulls the covers over her head and says, "Daddy, come find me!" I then, must perform the following routine (else be chastised): 1) walk throughout the house "looking" for her and calling her name; 2) go into her room, look under the bed; 3) say "I'm tired" and lay down on the bed and her; 4) complain the bed is lumpy; 5) wonder out loud why the bed is lumpy, moving, and breathing; 5) pull down the covers and say "I found you." I love this routine, it never gets old. I hope it never does.

"Shane, you promised you would go play..."

"...with me at the beach." ? Nope

"...with me at the pool." ? Nope



"...with me in the blizzard."
-Luke D'Alessandro, Mammoth, December 29, 2010 as it dumped 2 feet of snow in 18 hours.

"Can't Know"

One of my favorite Haileyisms: "Can't Know"

Translation: "I don't know" or "I don't remember"

Christmas Day

No Bah-hum-bugs here!

Grandma and Grandpa Hobbs Christmas morning

Hailey finally warming up to Grandma

Some of the outside activities

Everyone together for the first time in years!

Christmas Eve in PV

On Christmas Eve we celebrated with Papu, Hub and Tutu at our house, and then dinner at their house
Hailey's beloved Yoshi

Shane with stockings on his feet, he thought that this was prettty funny

Papu looking at her present saying, "Oh what a cute picture, who took it?"

Tutu helping Hailey put together a fort

US!

Newport Boat Parade

For Casey Coogan's Birthday, he invited us down to his parent's house in Newport for the annual Christmas boat parade. We toured the bay in his parent's leisure boat, while enjoying dinner and music (Riley's playlist). It rained the whole way down, but broke just long enough for the parade. It was a good time as always with the crew.