**january is almost over and here i am finally posting about christmas. better late than never, i guess. we had fun with extended family on the ellsworth and lebaron sides and spent a lot of time with each of our immediate families in mesa and then in mexico. here is our christmas break in pictures - thirty-three pictures to be exact. the more the merrier right?
CHRISTMAS EVE
a $20 red velvet cake from costco. delicious, but not worth the $20. we served this after having a huge mexican dinner {spanish rice, sour cream chicken enchiladas, spanish rice, refried beans, pork tamales and a festive holiday salad with jicama, pomegranate, oranges, beets, etc. funky but incredible!
a $20 red velvet cake from costco. delicious, but not worth the $20. we served this after having a huge mexican dinner {spanish rice, sour cream chicken enchiladas, spanish rice, refried beans, pork tamales and a festive holiday salad with jicama, pomegranate, oranges, beets, etc. funky but incredible!
dinner at g&g ellsworths
they are SO cute. 88 years old and still kicking. k, maybe not kicking, but still moving. slowly.
g&g imlay with our girls. mark told us it was his first christmas away from home {aka cedar city} ever. EVER. i was so appreciative of him being willing to come to az for the umpteenth time this year so our family could be together christmas eve and morning. thank you mark - we love you! {mom, show this to him.} :)
staring contest between madi and viv {second cousins}. they look so excited.
opening christmas pjs. i bought a pattern to make matching night gowns and had good intentions but that idea fell through the cracks. store bought it was! we didn't grow up with the tradition of new pjs on christmas eve but think it will be fun to do with our own little family.
CHRISTMAS MORNING
my family {mom, mark and hannah} came to our house christmas morning and it was fun. madison's face cracks me up in this picture. she normally wouldn't smile that early, having just woken up but for hannah, and christmas, she made an exception.
my family {mom, mark and hannah} came to our house christmas morning and it was fun. madison's face cracks me up in this picture. she normally wouldn't smile that early, having just woken up but for hannah, and christmas, she made an exception.
old man style of button up pjs = possibly the cutest pjs ever. thank you laura!
all madison wanted for christmas was play-doh. i should have believed her and only spent that $15 and nothing else.
CHRISTMAS DAY AT SKINNERS
madison sporting her static trampoline hair, new dora cd player and of course her red shoes she wears every where and with everything. :)
the skinners got a ping pong table, a Wii and the equipment needed for their shuffle board so we spent the day playing games and more games. it was awesome. grace got to watch through the window while she ate her lunch.
we visited g&g lebaron that evening since we missed the big family gathering in the a.m. we love living so close to all our grandparents and are sad to miss that association once we move.
madison's favorite gift is definitely her hello kitty make up kit from gma lebaron. for awhile she took it everywhere, never left the house without doing her make up {spreading glitter all over her cheeks and eye brows}, and painted everyone's nails pink. including her gpa skinner's - while he was asleep!
DAY AFTER - TRIP TO MEXICO
the last stop before the border is a town (consisting of two gas stations) called why. i have fond memories of this particular gas station as we've stopped there countless times on our way to rocky point. though the bathroom leaves much to be desired.
kamber and porter and her sister drove from tucson and met us in why, so we could caravan through mexico.
sisters
{i found this picture, from oct 2007, of madison on the same steps as the sun was setting, just to compare. i forget how chunky she was - look at those wrists and thighs!}
cousins.
this picture makes me happy.
madison sure loves her grandpa mark.
part of me is sad when i see this picture because it really makes me miss my dad. he and madison had a special relationship. {to see a picture of she and my dad on the same deck go here and scroll to the bottom.} but this picture makes me happy as well because i am glad my kids have both a grandma and grandpa they get to know on my side {even if they are imlays, not ellsworths - wink}. i can see how much mark loves my kids already and the feeling is definitely mutual.
quality time with the grandparents.
this tortillaria makes the BEST corn tortillas ever. when you walk into the warehouse there are several elderly women rolling the balls and putting them onto a machine where they get flattened and cooked and then bagged right there. they are piping hot and delicious and we eat them plain, especially the white corn ones.
and this is the local panaderia we go to. they have all kinds of mexican pastries and baked goods but their rolls are incredible and make the best sandwiches. the bolios con queso are kind of sweet with cream cheese cooked into the center... yum.
did this picture make you take a second glance?
we looked at him for a bit before we realized it was just the visor.
pretty tricky.
we fed the seagulls and it was all fun and games until they started pooping all over the deck, swooping at us trying to get the food, and til i accidentally hit madison square in the face as i was trying to launch a gold fish as high as i could. i seriously knocked her flat, poor girl.
one of my favorites of gracie but it's blurry - bummer.
our favorite restaurant. good food, atmosphere, and mariachis.
the girls were mesmorized by the mariachi.
kamber and porter and her sister drove from tucson and met us in why, so we could caravan through mexico.
sisters
{i found this picture, from oct 2007, of madison on the same steps as the sun was setting, just to compare. i forget how chunky she was - look at those wrists and thighs!}
cousins.
this picture makes me happy.
madison sure loves her grandpa mark.
part of me is sad when i see this picture because it really makes me miss my dad. he and madison had a special relationship. {to see a picture of she and my dad on the same deck go here and scroll to the bottom.} but this picture makes me happy as well because i am glad my kids have both a grandma and grandpa they get to know on my side {even if they are imlays, not ellsworths - wink}. i can see how much mark loves my kids already and the feeling is definitely mutual.
quality time with the grandparents.
this tortillaria makes the BEST corn tortillas ever. when you walk into the warehouse there are several elderly women rolling the balls and putting them onto a machine where they get flattened and cooked and then bagged right there. they are piping hot and delicious and we eat them plain, especially the white corn ones.
and this is the local panaderia we go to. they have all kinds of mexican pastries and baked goods but their rolls are incredible and make the best sandwiches. the bolios con queso are kind of sweet with cream cheese cooked into the center... yum.
did this picture make you take a second glance?
we looked at him for a bit before we realized it was just the visor.
pretty tricky.
we fed the seagulls and it was all fun and games until they started pooping all over the deck, swooping at us trying to get the food, and til i accidentally hit madison square in the face as i was trying to launch a gold fish as high as i could. i seriously knocked her flat, poor girl.
one of my favorites of gracie but it's blurry - bummer.
our favorite restaurant. good food, atmosphere, and mariachis.
the girls were mesmorized by the mariachi.
sunset + low tide = my favorite
running down the beach and scaring hundreds of birds = another favorite
i can't get enough of this place.
we had a busy, fun filled break with lots of family and enjoyed every minute of it.
we had a busy, fun filled break with lots of family and enjoyed every minute of it.
4 comments:
Bahh! I love love love Rocky Point! I want cream cheese bread SO bad right now! Man, that place really is like heaven on earth! Such a fun holiday!
AHHH so fun! I <3 Mexico!! Love Why and definitely agree about the bathrooms....unfortunately it seems like we always end up using them :) hahaha so great, your family is so cute!
you're like me .... christmas recap in january, oh well!
my girls have those same purple owl pj's - love them!
we love rocky point and la curva chips are our favorite!
beautiful sunset pictures!
p.s. I'd love to do your family pics, just let me know when.
Those last two pics of the sunset are gorgeous! Looks like a pro took them!!
Rocky Point. How fun! My mom used to take her Spanish class there every year to stay in a house owned by some friends in our ward. I went a few times and always loved it (even though I always got burned). How nice that you have such a beautiful house to visit so often down there. Lucky!!
Have you eaten at Flavio's?? That was the restaurant my mom always took everyone to eat at. It was SO good! They have great fried flounder. The guy that owns it was/is really good friends with the man in my old home ward that has the house there. Who knows...maybe you've even seen them when you've been there (especially if you go to the ward any time you're there). Their last name is McKaskle. It's a long shot...but maybe!
~Janelle
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