Lanenga Family: In my mind I'm going to California.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

In my mind I'm going to California.

This is a little tale of our Christmas break in CA (Long time coming):

Kaden and I flew out about 2 weeks before Matt. We got to enjoy Natie's soccer games, school with Mimi (& Santa), and visit with friends. We also got extra Mimi & Grandpa time--which was fun because we don't see them too often. The biggest hit: magnetic building shapes. They were awesome! Kaden loved them, and all of his aunts/uncles, and all adults were building. Pretty addicting. The ENTIRE crew came up by Christmas Eve, which we spent at home acting out Luke 2, in costumes, of course & frisbee golf. Kaden had so much fun with his cousins and all of the attention from aunts, uncles, grandpa, & mimi. Christmas Day was quite crazy though, with early church, kids wanting to open presents, coffee cake eating (one of the BEST parts of Christmas!), and family pictures. Then we loaded up and went to Grandma's for the feast with our Mom's side of the family. 29 people descended on my grandma's home, and it was chaotic craziness, but you gotta love it.

The next day, we picked up another addition to our party and drove to Tahoe, where we had been expecting snow and got 60 degree weather with zero snow on the ground! My parents rented a HUGE cabin (if it can be called a cabin) with 4 bedrooms, huge loft, open kitchen/living room/dining room, spa & just gorgeous. We easily fit our 25 people group and the festivities began! Ice skating, food, hiking, Xbox dance off, Jagoda olympics which included: price is right, fishing, marshmallow shooting, and xbox play. What a fun and quick 5 days. Loved being with all of my family, wish we could do it sooner. Some pics to illustrate:

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