Break:1

Welcoming heather to sac.

the morning after...completely deflated.

the first night...inflated.

All the cookies we made for our neighbors!

after giving our upstairs neighbor the cookies, our neighbor gave us this cute wreath!

Christmas Eve, opening presents!



Taking pictures in the Capital Park.

heather liked laying on the ground. not sure. ha.

and again...

the orange doesn't fall far from the tree :)

heather amongst the bamboo.

mike and heather being mike and heather.

Mike and I enjoying lunch at Strings.

Mike's B-day cake.

Mike's b-day dinner...at Brewhouse, amazing!


Cass Family Christmas...through skype...gotta love it.

Mimi and stella love Heather!

Weekend in the Bathroom.

Lance's girlfriend Heather lives in Los Banos, CA (i believe Los Banos mean "Bathroom" in Spanish--is that correct Sarah?). which is about 2 hrs south of us. we drove down there for her b-day on the 20th...and had a fun time with Guitar Hero and the Wii.

Lance and Heather


Mike hula hooping on the Wii...good times :)


Mike making his Mii.


BFF's jamming.

reunite.

so this last weekend, Mike got to reunite with his best friend Lance. Lance's girlfriend lives about 2 hours south of us. We got to meet her for the first time and we all hung out. It was great to see him and meet her! Mike and Lance together in all their glory...a sight to behold. :)

Mike and Lance together again...like the old days.

All of us at Mike and I's fav italian rest...Strings.

Lance and Heather.

Mike being Mike...um....

not sure...

Mike's Christmas and B-day gift from Lance and Heather...loves the marsh. fluff.

season.

it's here again. the holidays. this year has gone so incredibly fast.

yesterday I went and got holiday decorations. my cute little tree for 20 bucks. thanks to walmart! I listened to my favorite Christmas music (mariah carey's christmas) and I listened to Frank Sinatra. I drank a cup of hot cocoa.

I think I'm going to start my own tradition when it comes to christmas...I'm always going to decorate on December 1st. So I can enjoy christmas the whole month, not just for a couple weeks.

I love this time of year. It isn't as weird as I thought it was going to be out here in CA. There is a little "chill" in the air, but there is no snow. I'm ok with that. Last winter was my breaking point. I like that it's not that cold!! It still feels like christmas and winter here.

Heather (my sis-in-law) will be out here in 20 days. I can't wait to see a familiar face. I can't wait to bum around Sac and San Fran with her and just relax.

I wish all our families could do a Christmas in CA, but it'll still be a nice time.

ok, well I gotta work on school.