Christmas Photo Dump -California Edition!

The Terrill Family Talent show was a great addition this year. We had it in the driveway by the firepits and it was awesome. Thanks for organizing Hannah!

Agnes told jokes, our family sang a song, the boys did a pogo stick routine with cousins and David yelled really loud. We take all talents at this show. Too bad I don't have video of my parents' skit. It involved puppets, a guitar, ketchup, a flash mob and the music from the Messiah

Sully like playing with Isla's "little toys".

Scoped out the new visitor's center at the LA Temple. Pretty cool.

Annual trip to the racetrack. We saw famous equestrians that we didn't really know were famous, but my dad did!

Then the kids did their own races. And when I say kids, I include Uncle Robbie in that group:) All of the grand kids love to play with him.

I could not get enough of the weather. 80 degrees and blue skies. It's usually warm when we are there, but it's been a few years since it was that warm! It felt like a Portland summer.

General chatting and socializing after breakfast.

Pinata at the Terrill Family Party. The pinata is a big responsibility.

Great-grand kids all linedup!

I really, really love all of my cousins. So fun to see some of them and their kids.

Road weary

Aunt Barb is always a gracious hostess on our road trips. The kids loved playing with more cousins. I cannot believe how grown up all of our nieces and nephews are getting. Teenagers! Ack! They were babies when we got married and now they are teenagers!

It's pretty much impossible since I am still 25.

I have more pics somewhere of our very fun stop with the W's on the Delta.

I'll post those this week.

Every year we are scrambling to get organized and pack up the car, get all the gifts and get on the road. I have been known to grumble about it at times (usually it's the 1 am packing up the car times), but when we are all at my parents' and watching my kids running around with cousins and visiting with my sibs and grandmas and various aunts, uncles, cousins and friends I know that I will willingly do it all again next year.