December 2018

We had so much going on December.  My sister Kathryn visited from Maui, and it was so fun seeing her and her boyfriend Kawika.  We went to Snoqualmie Pass, went into Seattle, and down to see the Clam Lights.

We went to the Zoo

 Penny showed how goofy and flexible she is

 Charlie kept getting into the tree

 We donated presents for Thomas

 And baked cookies for our neighbors

 Penny read to her babies

 We made gingerbread houses at the ward party

We saw Santa again

We spent Christmas in Seattle and left the next day to drive to Utah to have a belated Christmas with Andy's family.

In Utah there was a big Romero family reunion, and 6 out of Andy's 9 siblings were there.

Romero cousins singing jingle bells for everyone 

Sledding up in the canyons

 Church history Museum

 M'Leah and Charlie

 Ellie, Penny, Timmy, and Chris

 New Years Eve goof balls (Andy's already asleep, as usual)

 Ellie lost her 2 front teeth on New Years Eve!

Christmas and New Years

We had such nice Christmas.  We stayed home this year because Andy is really busy getting his graduate applications done.

Christmas Eve we went to church and when we got home Penny and I took a nap and Andy and Ellie went to Mission Bay and played on his skateboard.  When they got home we had dinner and then watched Home Alone 2.  Ellie almost died laughing, which made us laugh even harder.  After the girls went to bed Andy and I got everything set up.

Our girls were so spoiled by friends and family

Christmas morning the girls slept until about 7 and Penny refused to even look at a present until she ate some cereal.

We opened stocking and their present from Santa and then we had breakfast, cinnamon rolls and bacon.  We opened a few more presents and then got dressed and went to see Jumanji.  We all really liked it!

We opened presents one at a time this year, and so it took most of the day to open everything.  Then I made ham dinner and we went to Sea World for about an hour to look at the lights.  We left a little earlier than planned because Andy and Ellie went on ride and got soaked! It was dark and a little chilly and so they were both pretty much done.

cute husband 

Even though it was little sad to not see any family, it was so nice to be relaxed and really enjoy our core family.  I love them so much!

New Years Eve we had our last Sunday at 1 o'clock church, hallelujah! When we came home I made egg roll and fried rice.  Andy quickly fell asleep until 9.  I put the girls to bed after an early midnight countdown, and then I fell asleep until 11:55.  So we were definitely party animals like usual!

Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years

On christmas eve we made cookies, and then went to Coronado Island for dinner and to look the Del Lights.

Christmas morning Ellie slept until 7 and we all went downstairs.  Ellie was so excited with everything she opened and Penny only cared about holding a puzzle that Ellie got.

We had pancakes and bacon and then went to church.  Afterwards we headed up to Andy's brother house for dinner.  All the cousins had a great time and Penny had a great time destroying the train set that they were all trying to build.

Ellie got lots of Star Wars stuff and lots of baby stuff.  She has been happily playing ever since.

For New Years we didn't do much, again because of applying to graduate school, but we did get out to look at Temple lights and to drink some sparkling apple cider.

2016 was a pretty good year for us, and I hope 2017 will also be good!