Moving, Holidays, Birthdays, Beaches, and Snow

Hi all,

Wow, welcome to 2013! The last months have been super-hectic, so many apologies for not having posted updates throughout. There were a few things going on that hampered the evening free-time for blogging: we sold our old house on Nilda and bought a new one nearby, I was involved in a search for our church's new rector, and I've also been traveling quite a bit. But here are the main things we've been up to as a family over the fall and winter since the last posting. I'll try and post another update to include the spring as soon as I can!

The Move

Moving truck from 1182 early October

New house pool needs work...

Rebuild spa wall...

Spa and pool resurfacing...

Ready for pebble-tech...

Resurfacing almost done...

Ready in January!

The Holidays

We had some nice visits from Oma/Opa/Grandma/Grandpa over Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Dinner in the City

Hike on Russian Ridge

View from Skyline Drive

Christmas Eve service

Tree after a visit from Santa Claus

The Birthdays

Carson turned 11

Carson asked for a hike to Maisy's Peak - his new favorite spot

Beautiful winter view across Silicon Valley

Picnic birthday lunch

Pump It Up party...

Bouncy-house mayhem!

Carson's buds...

Birthday boy

We then traveled out to Tampa, Florida to meet Oma and celebrate her 70th together on the beach near Clearwater.

Happy Oma

Birthday breakfast on the balcony

Rocket Football with Carson

Maggie building sand castles with Opa

Carson in constant motion

Maggie's Castle

A beach full of sand and shells

Hatchepsut  in miniature...

The Castle complex...

A mermaid washed up on shore...

Searching for shells

Sunset

Billions and billions of shells

A visit to the Clearwater Aquarium

Winter the "Dolphin Tale" star

The prosthetic tail

Some Skiing

We took a few trips to the Sierra for some skiing.

Snowball fight!

Kirkwood

Boys Only Outing with Ryan to Kirkwood

Beautiful day at Northstar

Lunch with Malik

Sundeck

Carson and Malik getting the hang of the black diamonds

Carson trying out his new helmet cam...

The ladies enjoying lunch on the patio

Maggie and Savannah

A great day topped of with conquering the world playing Risk