Sledding in Los Angeles

The Making of the Gingerbread House

The First Night of Hanukkah

The first night of Hanukkah had the traditional (latkes) and the untraditional (New Mexican green chile empanadas).  Seems that both were loved as they were gobbled up...by most.

Jordan got his friends to play "PO" with him (playdoh for you and me).  And one crazy M turned into a man, a beautiful man at that.

The train left the station .... on a journey to we are not sure where.

Gigi opened up her Adventure Camper (from Grandma and Grandpa) and M and Mom put it together with a little help from Gigi.

Mama's 47th Birthday

I woke up on my birthday to a little serenade by G and J.  They even recruited grandparents.  Not so bad turning 47!

Thanksgiving Day with Family

We started our feast with Marilyn's mushroom appetizer and then Allen made a lovely spread with brussel sprouts and pork.

Delicious and nice to be in our home for our first Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Festivities

 We had a wonderful Thanksgiving season, staying in California this year for the first time.  Gigi had a celebration at school and a "feast" to kick off the fun.

We took a walk along Venice Beach and Jordan decided to "steal" this airplane ("I-Plane")

On Thanksgiving morning, we went for hike in Temescal Canyon.  Gigi kept us going for two hours, past the waterfall.

Pizza with friends

Nothing like bringing friends over for some pizza making fun.

We each made our own pizza....yum.

Election Day

And, we have the same President!

Gardening and Art

This Fall, we planted banana peppers and habanero peppers in the garden.  Allen made banana pepper relish to make tuna with -- yum and I made jerk chicken with the habaneros.  We haven't figured out yet what else to do with them and they keep churning out more and more (even into December).

Gigi loves art. Here she is at an art birthday party with paintbrush in hand.

And, at home painting a princess painting with a friend.