Well this year for Christmas we made it to California to see my family. We were a little nervous getting there and coming back due to all of the snow and flight cancellations, but me made it.
Christmas Eve was particularly fun. We decided this was the year we were going to start a new Thomas Family Christmas Eve tradition. So we played christmas song pictionary, bashed open a snowman pinata (which was filled with fun and weird candy from our child hood), made up Christmas skits, and read the nativity. When we start a tradition, I guess we really start a tradition.
New Years Eve wasn't as spectacular. We started off the fun by going to the Oakland Zoo where we saw alot of beautiful, exotic and funny animals, but ended the night playing wii and watching a movie. I unfortuantly passed out a few hours before midnight so missed all the festivites on the tv. Dang pregnancy makes you so tired.
The rest of the vacation we made a trip to the Exploritorium in San Fransisco, where we learned alot and had fun. Besides that my sisters threw me a baby shower, we vegged, went to my brother Stevens Court of Honor, watched movies, shopped and played alot of Wii. We had a blast spending time with my family and seeing friends from high school. Hope we can visit again soon.
Yes there is a tree in there. We had moved right before christmas so no time for the real thing. There is always next year.
San Fransisco at sunset. Golden Gate Bridge.
Golden Gate Bridge at sunset.
On the way home from the Exploritorium in San Fran we got stuck behind a Palestinian Protest. In this pic we are finally getting re-routed after being stuck behind the protest for awhile. They stopped traffic completely and held up signs saying "free palestine". It was exciting to see all the protesters and cops but definately slowed us down. It took us 2 hrs to get home and about 45 min to get there. Crazy California!
At the exploritorium: the robot followed you
Brodie and Christian at the exploritoriumOne of the highlights of Christmas in Cali was the new Wii. My mom got it for Christmas so she could use the Wii Fit and we had a blast. There was so much laughing due to the fact that we all looked silly on the wii fit. Hula hoops and skii jump were the family fav. Good bonding time.
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