Cali

We did it!  We got out of the house Christmas day and didn't miss our flight! :)  We were greeted by some major cuties!

 Although the locals thought it was cold, we very much enjoyed being outside and spent as much time outdoors as possible!  It made me long for spring!

Emmie loved swinging on the beach.

 Dane and Maddie LOVED chasing the waves.  Each time we went down to the beach they ended up soaked...of course!  Dane got some football action in too!

 Dane found an owl for Nico!

 Maddie and Dane are such good big siblings!

 Emmie started walking a lot more during our trip,  I had so much fun holding her hand while walking up and down Del Mar street.  She received many smiles.

 I love seeing the world through the eyes of this little girl!

 Ice Cream down by the beach.  SO what if it was a bit chilly?

 The kids had fun at a little farm.  Maddie and Addie spent the entire time with the guinea pigs!  They learned many of their names and held many of them.  The workers commented on how sweet these two are.  I agree!

 Gotta LOVE cousin buddies!!! Nico adores Ems and Dane and Ava have a blast together!

 I also got to see a very special friend and meet her beautiful daughter. :)

Emmie went through a phase of saying "All done!" all of the time.

Matt loved Emmie's gasps of excitement.

This was cool...

And the kids started referring to him as "happy guy" a bit after the video.  He stayed with us the entire walk up and down the pier.  He would disappear for just a bit and reappear in the same direction that we were heading.  A complete coincidence, but so fun!