MERRY CHRISTMAS

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas. We're off to Camarillo on Christmas Eve to celebrate with John's family. We're so excited to be able to share this holiday together again. Love, John & Laura

Early Christmas

We went to St George to celebrate an early Christmas with Cam, Mary Ellen and Abby. We had a relaxing, fun time. We loved being with them in their lovely new townhome. We spent the first morning curled up on the sofas watching HGTV, drinking coffee, talking and being entertained by Abby. She is quite the face maker! The Christmas tree was decorated on our second evening after a chili dinner. We gave Abby her first set of wheels and we all got a kick out of her reaction to the trike. On Sunday we went out for breakfast and afterwards went to a lake and checked out the ducks and swans. Later that day we headed to Bed Bath and Beyond and Cam and Mary Ellen picked out their Christmas gift from us....they selected curtains and a rod for their beautiful french sliding doors in their kitchen. Abby helped Daddy with the installation. Thank you for a great early Christmas Cam, M.E, & Abigail!

We Had a Thanksgiving Dinner That Couldn't Be Beat

It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without family, good food, and Officer Obie

Well, two out of three ain't bad! John didn't regale us with his rendition of Alice's Restaurant this year, so we've included it on our playlist. But, we were blessed with the other requirements!

We enjoyed a wonderful holiday when John's parents Martha and Roger came out on Wednesday in rainy conditions. It was their first visit to our home and we were quite moved. They really liked spending the night at the Indian Wells Resort. It's a small resort that was started by Lucy & Desi Arnaz. It's lined with lots of great photographs of it's 1950 - 60's Hollywood connection. We relaxed at home on Wednesday afternoon, and we were treated to a yummy pizza dinner by the P's.

Thursday morning found Laura in the kitchen bright and early. We had such a wonderful time catching up with good conversation. We shared memorable meal together. This is how it was meant to be. We kept looking at each other and grinning. We'll never forget it.