Christmas Eve

Our two beauties!

Hanging out with the air gun

We had soup in bread bowls and hor'devours. (I'm not going to look this up in the dictionary!)

Two of my favorite men!!

Eloise (Chris Jensen's mom) & Dick were out from Ohio

Anders squeezed in between Philip & Jeff!

Wyatt inspecting his new cousin

Love this one!

The shepherds looking intently at Baby "Jesus" & sucked their thumbs

Aww, so sweet!

Heather read them the Christmas story and then we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus.
Here the boys are blowing out the candles.

Then we sang Christmas carols

Daddy & his popcorn!

I gave Abby two board books for the baby

Heather made this beautiful arrangement for Grandma's newly decorated bathroom. I gave them new towels & Robin gave them a new towel holder with pegs & TP holder.

Robin & her "Camp Grandma" flag & "Seelye Girls' Get-away" photo album
We all had a great time! So fortunate to have such a loving family. :)

A Weekend in Cambria-Circle Bar B Ranch, Cambria Pines Lodge, Harmony

Kirk heard about taking Refugio Road from Hwy 1 over the mountain to Los Olivos, so this was our chance to do it. It was a beautiful route and we discovered Circle Bar B Ranch on the way. It has 18 cabins, serves 3 meals a day and has stables. We ate our lunch here.

The fall leaves were gorgeous!

The road was paved and gravel. Supposedly the bridge was washed out,
but we never encountered it.

After checking into our room at Cambria Pines Lodge, we went to Moonstone Beach to see the view. It was an extraordinarily clear day, as we saw the sparkling water and Channel Islands on our way up.

And, of course, we stayed for the sunset!

Our suite had a fireplace in the bedroom and the living room!
Here's Kirk relaxing in our room.

We stopped in Harmony and visited the glassblower shop and pottery shack.

The trip home was beautiful too! Morro Rock was so clear!

The vineyards had all turned autumn colors and were gold, orange and red!

This is out of order, but shows the steep pathway from the Lodge down to the village. On our way back up, we were in a downpour and got completely drenched! Good thing we had two fireplaces to use to dry out our clothes!
We had such a wonderful time!!

Thanksgiving

We spent the afternoon and evening at Mom & Dad's after we went to LAX to pick up their friend, Jaya Raj from India. The traffic wasn't bad and we got back in time for dinner. :)

Here are Dad & Uncle Elmer visiting before dinner.

Here's Grandpa J, (Chris' dad) visiting from Ohio with his new grandson.

Mom & Robin getting the delicious buffet ready

Jeff is a total "kid magnet!" They love him!! Here he is entertaining Anders, which he did most of the evening.

Jensen Family-Three Generations

"Everyone look at Lars"

"Everyone look at Anders!"

This one wasn't posed-it just happened. :)

Seelye Family-Four Generations

Abby's 20-week Ultrasound

The Moms were invited to the 20-week ultrasound at Presbyterian Hospital in Whittier.:)

Here's little "Baby Stevens" with his head at the right silhouetted. Philip & Abby do not want to know the sex of the baby, so we'll call it "The Baby" until then.

The technician printed out a strip of photos for Abby to take home. Kirk is going to scan them soon to put into her "pregnancy album" that I am making for her.

The cute couple.