A serenade from the saxophonist.
The boys in their matching duds from Auntie Pauline, Uncle Howie, and Olivia.
Playing the piano.
Reading a Curious George book with Teddy.
Heading out for a walk to the park. (Color coordinated!)
Our original plan was to leave Tahoe after the Christmas eve service at our church. After seeing the weather reports we decided to leave midday to beat the storm that was supposed to come in late afternoon. It was already dumping snow by 8:30 in the morning so we packed up quickly and hit the highway. It took just about two hours to make it through the twenty-three miles of chain controls. The boys were very patient and very happy to get out and play once we got to Great Grammy and Grandpa's house.
Ben immediately headed to the park with Teddy (Dave) and Sam began exploring the house on his very steady feet.
We had a pretty quiet evening and woke early (by Sam's choice) on Christmas day. We all enjoyed opening gifts and visiting with each other. Ben's favorite gift was the toy saxophone from Auntie Beth and Uncle Pete. He was very cute playing and grooving to the music. Sam was happiest with the paper and bows. The boys also received lots of books, especially Curious George books. Both boys also had fun playing Megan's piano.
The weather was cool but fairly dry so walks to the park were a daily occurrence for Ben and Teddy. Picking oranges was also a priority.
We were all awakened about 1:30 in the morning on the 26th to the sound of the buzzer in the driveway. When Grammy woke up Dave he went out to find someone in our car riffling through our glove compartment. The perpetrator dropped everything and took off on a bicycle when Dave yelled at him. He left so quickly that he left his bag of tools. The police were called and reports were filed. Nothing was missing or damaged but it was certainly unsettling.
We headed back to Tahoe on the 28th to a still unfinished condo. Progress had been made since we left town but there was still a lot to be done.
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