Second week of Christmas

Well like I said we had a "Memories" Christmas. So the fun continues. We were so happy to see lots of friends and family and sad that there were some that we missed, but we will catch them next time. Thank you friends and family for a great Christmas. Here are some more Pics.

Sunday: We went to church at Calvary Chapel East Anaheim then to the park to let the kids run around. Mel Nowak joined us. Then we changed places we were staying, we went to Mel's for the next few nights. That night we played games with Herb, Polly, Tony, Melanie and Shelli and Mel

Monday : Knotts Berry Farm. This is where me and Jay met 18 1/2 years ago. We were both working here in 1990. It is neat to see where God has taken us, good and bad, in those 18 1/2 years. I am excited for the rest of our adventures. We were really impressed with Knotts and the fact that they did not need to keep Christ out of Christmas. This awesome nativity set was right when you walk in the doors. And in the Snoopy ice show they share the "real meaning" of Christmas and they actually call it that. It was also neat to hear the cheers from the audience when the "Story" was over, definite approval. There were also lots of people taking pictures here with the Nativity.
One of Scout and Breandan's Favorite rides :-)

Tuesday: We met up with some family on Tuesday night for dinner. Aunt Laura, Aunt Becky, Leah, Becky's fiancee Doug and his kids (sorry I can't remember their names, we just met them). We went to Chuck E Cheese to play then to Red Robin to eat LOL. It was great to see everyone.

Wednesday: We started staying at Vance and Priscella's house for the rest of our trip. They have a New Years Eve party every year. We have spent New years with them for the past 13 years only missing one (last year). They even came up here one year. It was great to spend time with them.
Shelli and Mel: This years theme was to make up a game for everyone to play
Me, Mel and Priscella

Thursday: New Years Day : We went and spent part of the day with Will and Annalisa. It was so good to see them. Then we went to Medieval Times thanks to Mema and Papa Nash for our Christmas present. Mema and Papa Lord, Uncle Royal, Aunt Denise and Becky also joined us. The boys were so into it, it was hard to get them to eat.

Becky Drake with the boys

Our Knight, the red one, won. That was even more exciting for the boys.

Friday: Right before our drive home we went and picked up Nana and went to the beach. Nana loves the beach and calls it "Her Ocean" It was the perfect end to our vacation.

The drive home was long but uneventfull. It was really hard to come home and back to reality from so much fun. But, we are back in the swing of things now with school, work and soccer.