It might be hard to believe, coming from Alaska, that this was Christmas in California.  I think it was 80 degrees for most of our trip.  We met cousin Charlie for the first time and he & Brooklyn had so much fun together.  I think Brooklyn enjoyed being the big cousin, as well as having cousin Kameron spend some time with her.  We are really looking forward to more time with the family, as we move closer to them.  

 

Christmas morning with the Lyons Family.  Brooklyn was in heaven.  So much family to give her attention.  Second cousin Nash was especially attentive & gave her buggy rides & played tossing the ball with her. 

 

 

 

After a delayed plane trip, we finally arrived in Packwood to the start of our Christmas trip.  We had a wonderfully relaxing several days to just chill out and for Brooklyn to get some extra attention and a haircut from grandma.

She's already a drummer.  Dad is so proud!

Anderson/Brinegar family picture.

Brooklyn really liked dad's bumper car toy, plus her new cheetah slippers.

It has been a long time, but I am back to the blog, just a few months behind.  Here are some pictures from home in Fairbanks around Christmas time.

 

 Brooklyn & Gideon having some hang out time. Unfortunately, Gideon is pretty allergic to our furry friends & ended up leaving with some pretty puffy eyes & red cheeks. 

 Early Christmas in Fairbanks, before we went to visit our families.  Brooklyn had about 5 Christmas celebrations.  Luckily she doesn't know who Santa is yet.

Christmas get-together at Dana's Daycare.  We talked friend/neighbor Chris into being Santa.  He was great and quite a trooper, since he is most comfortable around middle school age kids (teacher) over the little ones.