Who needs a white Christmas?

Santa found us! Here we are on Christmas morning at the beach house! Maddie is our early bird so she was eager for her presents. Bella takes a little longer to wake up, but she loved her toys too! We loved having Christmas with my parents and John's family! One of my most favorite traditions is going to the beach house every year! The weather was gorgeous and it was so nice to be outside and take walks with the girls! They were all bundled up to keep that fair skin from burning, but they loved the beach and getting all the attention from grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins! I love getting to be with my family and some of my greatest memories are at Capistrano beach!
We got to see all of my family during the trip and the boys did some golfing, we all did some reading, played games and ate lots! We rang in the New Year with all the kids singing Alice the camel around a bonfire as well as nursery rhymes, a bear hunt, and some marshmellows. Grandpa, we'll never forget the hokey pokey dance! We played games to keep us up until midnight and had all sorts of noise makers, hats, etc. Dan, Mike, and Scott made the annual 12:01 run into the ocean... the first swim of the new year. They claimed it wasn't that cold... ya right, but it was pretty funny!