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Clay surprised us on Christmas morning and  told us he got a room on Union Square in San Francisco! St. Regis mezzanine looking down on the lobby all those details that make san francisco special on the inside :) Lucy had a tournament in Menlo Park just south on the peninsula...so we stayed in the city on the 26th and 27th  Union Square fun and then we took the cable car over to Ghiradelli Square...very touristy but had too. maiden lane lit up looking down from the cable car on Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge, ate brownie sundaes at the square...line of the night-Clay,  "world's best cup of coffee" looking down on the tree from my bed...good night view! good morning view! hotel breakfast was a highlight each morning with a delicious buffet, I told the kids to just stuff themselves so we wouldn't have to get lunch, haha Audrey got her christmas wish to ice skate...we purchased 10am tickets to skate...whi

Season's Greetings from LA💙 We have unpacked and started our life here in  Canyon Country, California.  It's north of LA but still LA county. As the days go by and new  opportunities for our family arise, we are acclimating more and more to this new part of California. Clay is very busy with work, still travels, still drinks dr. pepper, still feels better when he is home. Jennifer is making our home a home, happy to be back in California, driving everywhere for everyone, still a beach and nature lover. Both are wondering when they can find the time to be creative :) Lucy is thriving here at Canyon High school with new friends, varsity basketball teammates who are her biggest supporters, and challenging herself academically. We still cannot believe she will be looking at colleges soon! Henry is a freshman at Canyon and doing well in a new school. He is a classic teenager...mood swings and all except he actually likes going to early morning semi

Christmas time is here! little musings of the holiday are spread throughout the house, my favorite thing to do is to nest in my home :)  I got to decorating after the thanksgiving weekend was over while my mom was still here. this little ornament has a history: I went to a holiday faire with my mom when I was in the 3rd grade and she had our new house number painted on it from the home my parents built in Solana Beach.  I credit this ornament for making me love small, cute cottages :) decorated the front door to what I am now calling the Greenhouse Green door, green house...obvious name to start the month off, our youth made a temple trip down to the Los Angeles temple. Audrey and Henry were able to attend. The leaders said it would be COLD. I think they still have their Colorado blood though :) I can't believe I did this. I. Bought. An. Artificial. Christmas. Tree. Talk about guilt! I have never had one, we have always had live trees and