christmas in california

this christmas rich and i got to spend two weeks in san diego with my family!!! i absolutely loved being home. we fit in a lot of fun activities in those two weeks...

ward christmas party complete with matching sweaters.

looooots of game playing. this particular game is great dalmudi (sp?) zack has a collection of hats that we like to wear while playing. :)

christmas eve: we all built a totally awesome fort upstairs and slept in it christmas eve.

and of course we had to take tons of pictures posing in front of the tree...




christmas morning! traditional picture of all the kids on the stairs...youngest to oldest.


great gifts all around. i love christmas! and i love my family!


we saw avatar in 3d and loved it!!!!!


celebrated our one YEAR anniversary!!!!!!

drove over to sedona arizona to visit rich's grandparents and had a great time seeing them.

played some tennis which i have missed wayy to much!

celebrated the new year with fondue, a movie on our new projector out on the deck, ping pong and looots of good food. an added bonus to our new years festivities was maryanne (rich's sister) and her family came to help us celebrate!

it was a GREAT christmas break! i couldn't ask for anything better. we are back in pittsburgh now and were welcomed back with lot and lots of snow. i miss the sun already!