Christmas in California 2009

The San Diego Harbor boat parade, viewed from Coronado Island.

We visited Christmas card lane for family home evening.

Elaina learns how to hug someone her own age. The question, is he ready for such affection.

Yes the two of them also like to practice the piano together.

Our family Christmas card photo for the year 2009.

Elaina loves Christmas lights. We visited the Belardo lights display several times.

Seth's baby blessing day in his white outfit. He was blessed to be obedient and learn from his elders.

Kendell hosted a Christmas party and we won this lovely "white elephant" gift. Oh well Elaina likes it.

Lisa Boswell is holding Seth in his Santa outfit with the reindeer hat.

Seth is sort of smiling. He is good at smiling when you hold him and smile at him.

December nights and the singing Chrstmas tree. Elaina jumped up and down and yelled, "happy, happy, happy" when she saw the lights.

Shawn holds Elaina in her Christmas pajamas.

November 2009

Thanks Giving day started off with Father Joe's 5K race for the hungry at Balboa park. Neil, Pamela, Elaina, and Seth participated in the race along with about 9,000 others.

Keith, Kelly, Greg, and Haylee ran in the race too.

For a family home evening activity we went hiking to the place of a former fort where there was a monument to the Mormon Batalion. Then we went to old town and watched a concert.

Elaina discovers her head in the kitchen in the Tierra Santa house.

Our first visit to Scripps aquarium. Elaina looks through the glass at the kelp beds.

We are now a family of four, now if we can just win a family four pack of something.

We went out for the first time since Seth's birth. Fortunately, we had Rachel to depend on our trusty baby sitter.

Early in November we went to the parade of tall ships in Oceanside.