December 20th... finally leave for vacation... stopped here to meet up with Mark as he wasn't going to be able to celebrate Christmas with all of the family... had to work up at Sierra Summit... too bad! Ate dinner here in Fresno and then headed on down the road... unaware of how the night would end up.... 

Grandma and Grandpa had a very eventful trip down to S. Ca. Tuesday evening... after being towed from the Grapevine, where we lost our transmission, to Cerritos, where Mike, thankfully picked us up... we finally made it to our hotel bed at 2 am. Wed. Thank you Mike! Here are the girls...Going grocery shopping for some things we needed for dinner... Lucy, Megan and Angie... 

Cousins playing together in the play room.. 

Looks like a very special Christmas... around the living tree... 

Everyone grab your plate and help yourself to something from the buffet 

Wednesday evening Karen and Mike had her parents over for a very nice Christmas dinner! Look at all of this good food! Yum... dig in!  

Megan is very brave... climbs up on the rings, way high up! 

Beck out "helping" Grandpa work on Mike and Karen's back yard 

Lucy and Megan out enjoying the swings... 

Here are Karen and Beck in the kitchen looking at his yummy cake, just out of the oven..."hot!" 

Time out to play a little piano.... 

Mommy decorated my cake... isn't it super!!! 

Isn't this a fun tepee to play in? Love those wooden spoons to make noise with... 

Swing ... swing! Out in the back yard 

Mom with her birthday boy! 

Oh Mom! I don't want to wear this silly hat!!!! 

Happy Birthday to you! Dec. 22nd! 

Haven't figured out which end to blow on this birthday blower... gonna need some help with that candle... Lucy and Megan?!!! 

I've done this before... other B cake with Grammie seen on Beck's site... first a poke then a .... 

Much rather mash the cake than eat it 

The cousins celebrating Beck's birthday... love that Thomas the Train! Cake everywhere very little in the mouth!!! 

Megan enjoying helping Beck learn to walk 

Cousins in front of the Christmas tree...all dressed up to go out to dinner... 

Nice dinner at Bucca di Beppo Friday evening.. yummy food... 

Aunt Karen getting in a little holding time... someone else wasn't really happy with that ... Lucy didn't want any competition...