Christmas eve with the Lassens at Peter and Gayle's house. Lots of fun. Check out Cristin's blog or other family websites for pictures.
Christmas day we opened presents and stockings and had a merry ol' time. Later, we went to Leo Carillo, in the wind. The ocean was beautiful, the waves were amazing to watch as the wind would pick up the lip and spray off the tops of the waves, creating beautiful little tubes with mohawks.
New Year's Eve we played Bingo and Guitar Hero up at Peter and Gayle's house. Lots of fun. New Year's Day, I went with my cousin Jacob, spearfishing. He's got a 5ft Trident Pole spear and a little raft. So we decked ourselves out, drove up to Emma Wood's kelp forest and made our way out.
The water was so murky, we couldn't see the tip of Jacob's spear when you held the end up to your face. So we just swam around a bit, fought the wind by tying kelp to the boat, and braved the cold water for a few little dives into nothing. I swam around shooting kelp strands until the rope on the spear came loose and the spear kept going. I hesitated too long, and down the spear went.
Several dives later, and after recovering a wind blown raft, we gave up trying to find it. A sea lion showed up about 30 yards away checking us out. He followed us in, until he met up with a partner near the breakers.
I bought Jacob a replacement spear at Sports Chalet on the way home. If anyone's diving around Emma Wood, there's a polespear up for grabs.
The rest of the week, Emily and I took turns working for my dad and watching Grace until we drove to Erik and Cristin's on Friday in the big rain. It was really nice being with them at their place in Tehachapi. Saturday we drove home and hit some snow around Beaver, UT thick on one lane, but clear in the other and we had to slow down because it was falling so thick, but nothing too bad.
Yesterday, we spent the evening with the Robbins and played in the snow a little bit. Their gazebo got smashed over the break after collecting a few feet of snow on top of it and gale-force winds during the night. That's a bummer. But Grace had a blast sledding down the driveway.
This morning, Grace and I are hanging out while Emily is at her orientation for nursing school.
4 comments:
Grace looks so stinkin cute sledding- I love it! We've been wanting to take Leyna- maybe we should all go to Rock Canyon Park sometime soon, that'd be fun! Bummer about the Robbins gazebo.
We were so glad that you guys took the time to stop by and see us. I thought we got a lot of snow on Sunday night, and now I see your pictures of Grace sledding down the Robbins' driveway and Utah totally has us beat in the snow department! Not fair!
I can just keep hitting the play button over and over on Gracie sliding down that driveway. I love to hear that little happy giggle! We loved having you home for Christmas and New Years...we miss you all!
That Sucks about the spear... Maybe I'll need to have the challenge to go find it!
Erik
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