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| California Christmas Morning It was a beautiful 75 degrees today. We decided to take a family picture across the street at the park while we were still in our church clothes. It was a nice change to have church before opening presents. This was a good year to postpone Santa since all the kids have become "enlightened". |
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| A quick change of clothes back into comfy and we're ready for the festivities |
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| Danish Aebleskivers are a Christmas morning tradition - yummy! |
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| We decided to try something different this Christmas Eve. The weather was a gorgeous 70 degrees, so we took lunch to a favorite park in nearby Costa Mesa. We ended up playing a spontaneous game of "Lava Monster" that turned out to be a lot of fun. We were lucky to have Brett on hand with his camera |
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| The Volcom skate park is adjacent to the play area, so of course we had to take a moment for the boys to do some Christmas Eve skating - FUN! |
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| After a quick stop at two nursing homes for some carolling, we came home for a yummy Cranberry Chicken Christmas Eve dinner with Grandma Holbrook and Aunt Kari. |
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| Mrs. Holbrook's Piano Recital I am so blessed to introduce all of these beautiful children into the realm of piano music. I adore my piano students and love this Christmas recital! |
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| Sarah performing a song she practiced for just over one week. She is a very fast learner and a very talented pianist. |
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| Graham cracker house construction |
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| Brittany teaching Matt a Holbrook tradition |
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| We invited our friends the Petersons to join in the fun |
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| Brett's creative creation |
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| Sarah's first year to create the entire house on her own |
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| Caleb's Pentagon |
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| Jonathan's Castle |
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| Brittany and Matt's dream home |
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| Hannah's perfect symmetry |
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| Peterson creations |
