Christmas with Gramma and Grampa Gibbs

Well, we had a wonderful Christmas vacation in southern California. The weather wasn't quite as warm as we were hoping for, and therefore Noah was quite upset that we didn't get to swim, but we definitely made up for it in all the other fun things we did!

Christmas morning was full of fun presents! Santa sure delivered the goods this year. Brooklyn got the roller skates she asked for, and Noah was excited to see his asked for "Sky Captain" shark plane.



Daddy made out like a bandit with lots of dvds and music cds, and his totally cool Dogtown skateboard.


I was really excited by our present to Gramma. It turned out so cute that I now have to make one for myself. :)


Santa even brought me what I wanted! And I got some more Demdaco Willow Tree figurines for my collection too. Yeah!


The day after Christmas took us to the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert. The kids had lots of fun with all the hands-on exhibits.



The next day we visited the Palm Springs Air Museum, and boy was Noah excited to see REAL shark planes!


Thanks, Gramma and Grampa, for the awesome Christmas!

Gramma Sylvia's visit

Steve's mom has come to visit us twice a year since we moved to CA. She does this because she drives through here on her way to and from her winter home in Palm Springs, and it works out as a perfect stopping place during the long drive from Tacoma. We're glad to be so strategically located, and we're excited to see her every time!

The one thing we do during her stop-over is go out to dinner. She planned to be here on a Friday this time so that Steve could join us. We had been wanting to try out a new restaurant that Steve had heard about, so we headed there.


The Yosemite Falls Cafe has this ginormous burger called The El Capitan Burger. Steve was pretty hungry that night so he decided to try that and see if he could eat it all. (I think you even get to sign a book if you do eat it all, but we forgot to have him sign it.) Here he is, doing what he does best!




I can tell from when I took the pictures that he ate that whole thing in 22 minutes. Dang! :)

Here's Brooklyn, Gramma Sylvia, and Noah looking as cute as always!



And here they are in front of the Yosemite Falls replica. And of course, Brooklyn and Noah just had to throw some coins into the pool. :)