Heading home sweet home for New Year's Eve

Arts Beast in Sacramento

Bugs and the Bee

Joni loved getting to hold the walking stick & massive cockroach at the Bowhart etymology museum in Davis.

Can't wait to meet our new niece Winona Laura Gerner!

Born 1:00 am Boxing Day...congratulations Erich & Melissa!

Cocktails at Karen and Brook's gorgeous apartment

So happy to see Haven's art work framed above the table..."Let's be happy forever" 

Picture of Brook is from prior evening, but it had to be included! 

Girls were invited to an amazing bday party with Maya

Opening presents at Aunt Nicole and Uncle Kevin's house

A surprise visit from Stanta (not a spelling mistake!)

Opening stockings Christmas morning at Grandmama's house

Twas the night before Christmas

Haven bravely led some Christmas carols

Xmas eve dance-off!

Cousins reunited!

Bring on the bubbles

Happy to be back on the ranch

The girls were invited to sing with the carolers at the airport

Round 1 of Xmas presents before heading to the airport

Haven's nutcracker shows ended today...

This is how we found her sleeping tonight! 

If you listen closely, you'll hear Coco joining the neighborhood caroling this year!

Heading out to a Hanukkah party

Yes, we know there's a Xmas tree in the Hanukkah picture...we're double holidaying right now (the menorah and advent calendar are standing side by side in the kitchen - our children may be a little confused, but they like the double chocolate)!

Meeting Santa at Forest Lakes

Unclear whether more candy ended up in Joni or on the house!

The cutest 'evil mice' you've ever seen!

Haven is a mouse in Charlottesville Ballet's The Nutcracker Suite.

Haven's project on migration

She invented a new animal, and had to explain how and why it migrated.