Christmas 2011

We went to the Grand America Hotel again on December 23rd so that Dave could have a nice start to his birthday the next day. We did all the same things we did last year and had a great time - swimming, Trax, Temple Square, Little America Breakfast Buffet. It was all wonderful. We then went to the cabin for Dave's birthday dinner, opened a few presents and then came home for the first time to have Santa arrive here at our new house. It was a great Christmas day.

Oranges 2012

We can't resist oranges from Hemet California so we drove there over President's Day weekend. We stayed in Palmdale to be close to our friends whom we were going to visit as well. We drove all day Friday and started first thing on Saturday. Unfortunately, Lauren jumped off a small windowsill in the lobby of the hotel and split her chin open. (She split it open 6 weeks prior at the cabin and it was just starting to look better.) We raced to Palmdale's new hospital which Dave built with Layton Construction and got it glued back together. Despite that horrible delay, we raced to Hemet (a 2 hour drive) to pick oranges and grapefruit before they closed. We made it and had a wonderful time. 120 pounds later, we left satisfied. Here are some pictures from our trip.