Holiday Spirit!

Water!

Over the weekend we went hiking and came across a rare sight here in the OC, a natural lake (Barbara's Lake) that was filled with water! Apparently it is the only natural lake in Orange County. 

6!

Losing a tooth, starting Kindergarten, playing soccer, ditching the training wheels, reading - so many milestones this year. 

Can't believe Ellis is 6 now! 

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Thanks everyone for all the wonderful gifts. We were up Saturday morning at the crack of dawn to open them. 

Thursday Ellie had a party with her friends from the Ally, Oak Grove Elementary, and her soccer team 

There She Rides!

A Week at GJ and Bobpa's over Thanksgiving practicing on a balance bike did wonders for Ellie. We got home from Phoenix, promptly took off E's training wheels, and away she went! 

Thanksgiving 2016

Spent a week in Phoenix for Thanksgiving. Great to see everyone. 
A 5K turkey trot, shopping, visit to the aquarium, Great Grandma's Birthday, playing with cousins, plus Thanksgiving made it a fun week. 

Lots of good pictures here folks. 

Jamie was brave enough to fly out to the OC and drive to Phoenix with the girls. Here they load up on coffee in Indio. 

Minnie's 87th Birthday Party!

Trip to the PHX Aquarium 

Thanksgiving morning we participated in a 5K run / walk. Ellie did great and we probably ran a couple miles off/on together.

Lots of fun on Thanksgiving with everyone!

Home Videos

Finally was able to pull some videos off of my phone and onto our computer. Some of these are over a year old. 

August 2015 - just after we moved to SoCal we stumbled across Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band playing at a local mall. 

July 2016 -Emmy singing a rousing rendition of Grand Ol' Flag

Oct. 2016 - Emmy's version of Roar by Katy Perry 

July 2016 - Ellie masters the cartwheel 

Sept. 2016 - Ellie showing off some soccer skills.

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Odd and Ends

No theme to this post - just some random pics over the past week. 

Ellie had her last soccer game of the year. And Ms. Stella (her Jr. Kindergarten teacher from last year) came to watch. 

Play date at the park with friends from daycare

Random pictures 

For the past week Darcy has been working on a project to display the kids artwork. Ta-da!!