Christmas 2008

(Part 1) We had an early Christmas at home before our trip to Colorado this year. Jessica made blueberry coffee cake for breakfast which was awesome and we opened our presents from each other. Claire had a blast! She was mostly trying to eat the wrapping paper as it came off the gifts, but she certainly seemed to be having a good time doing it!

(Part 2) We've been in Colorado since the 17th of December staying at Mom and Bob's house. We've had a great vacation so far. Claire spent her first Christmas at the cabin and loved it. We had a great time too. We did some gambling in Cripple Creek, built a ginger bread house, played some games, and ate lots of great food. Christmas is always so much fun at the cabin and this year was great. We will head to Kansas to visit Jessica's friend Jessica on our way home to Texas next week. Check out the pictures. The first set is from our house, and the rest are from Colorado. We hope everyone had a great holiday!

Love,

Brett, Jess, and Claire

Thanksgiving

I realized after I posted the Christmas pictures that I forgot to post Thanksgiving pictures!! So here they are. We spent Thanksgiving in Glamis a couple hours outside San Diego riding motorcylces and ATVs in the sand. It was a blast! We stayed with Dad and Elaine at their house in SD and trailer in the dunes. Cindy and Doug were there too with Ciarra, Shyla, and her boyfriend Steven. I had not been on a motorcyle in the sand in about 15 years so I was a bit rusty. I went over the bars in the first half hour of riding. Fortunately the sand is very forgiving! Anyway, Claire had a great time on her first camping trip, and loved sitting on the quad with Mommy (parked of course!). When we got back we took a short trip north to San Clemente to meet our good friends the Becks and their kids for dinner. We had a great time visiting and got some great pictures of the kids! Check out the pics below.

Love,

Brett, Jess, and Claire