Merry Christmas!

Korea

As you might know Ben has been doing quite a bit of traveling since we've moved to CA. Most of his trips have taken him to Korea. When he's not passing out in cars, he's busy overseeing the testing of engines at a factory ;-) I'm trying to get him to do a post on Korea- maybe in the new year? Hint hint Benny!!

Christmas Fun!!

My mom and Aunt Kelly came to visit us last week, we got to show them around for a few days! We had a great time. It's always fun when we have family in town, because we get to play tourist in our own city! There were a lot of holiday festivities happening when they were here so we took full advantage!

Nights of Lights in Balboa Park

He's such a model

Momma and I

Ben and I are big fans of any excuse to drink or eat, Hillcrest Taste and Tinis as well as Toast of Downtown gave us just the reason to do so! We tried out several new restaurants- and found a few new favorites!

Ben and I with Santa and his elf!

Maria and I at Toast of Downtown

Not sure where this came from but it makes me laugh!

Toy Ride

Every year a local 3rd grade class donates a bunch of toys to children in need and the group we ride with picks up the toys! It's a fun morning! After the toys are picked up, the kids crawl all over the bikes and get their pictures taken. They had a blast, and it was super fun for us too! 

Kids waving goodbye

Police Escort

Rigging Up The Lights (And Finding a Christmas Tree)

This is what picking a tree looks like in SoCal! Not nearly as fun as cutting down a tree, but certainly warmer!

Christmas trees and palm trees

My favorite new ornament

Leftover bows from the tree turned into front door decor!

Thanksgiving

We hosted Friendsgiving at our house- everyone was from the east coast! It was quite different from most of our Thanksgivings in the past. We were all in shorts, and sweating but we had a great dinner outside at the awesome farmhouse table Ben made for us.

so many pies!