WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ELISE?

SHE LOVES  CAL FOOTBALL
AND THE WARRIORS,

AND HER FAVORITE WARRIOR PLAYER IS
#30 STEPH CURRY.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY HER LOERA COUSINS THOUGHT THIS WAS THE PERFECT GIFT FOR HER.  I THINK THEY KNOW HER WELL!

I REALLY ENJOYED THANKSGIVING,

FROM THE BEAUTIFUL TURKEY,

THIS YEAR I DECIDED I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO PASS ON MY TRADITION OF COOKING THANKSGIVING DINNER.  LUCKY FOR ME, DANA GRACIOUSLY TOOK ON THE TASK,  AND SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF IT.  I DON'T KNOW HOW I ENDED UP WITH TWO DAUGHTERS THAT ARE SO AT EASE IN THE KITCHEN, WE ALL KNOW THEY DIDN'T GET THAT FROM ME.

TO MY DELICIOUS PLATE OF FOOD,

AND WONDERFUL FAMILY TO ENJOY IT WITH.

( NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MEN IN THE FAMILY,

BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR THEM TOO, AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY THAT WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT :)

AND ALL THIS IN BETWEEN, 

ELISE MADE THESE DARLING TURKEY FAVORS.

M WAS BUSY OPENING THE CIDER, WHILE DANA WAS BUSY WITH LAST MINUTE PREPARATION.

JENNY GOT THE TABLE SET,

AND WE WERE READY TO FEAST!

THE KIDS ATE THEIR DINNER,

AND ENGAGED IN A LITTLE EXERCISE,

LOUNGING, 

AND CHEERING FOR THE SEA HAWKS????
BEFORE DESSERT.

EMILY ALWAYS ENJOYS WATCHING AUNTIE JENNY PREPARE THE WHIPPING CREAM IN HER FANCY DISPENSER,

WHILE GRODAN'S FAVORITE PART IS GETTING THE FIRST MOUTHFUL!

ELISE, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK IT WAS PLANNED,
GOT BOTH OF US GRANDMAS WITH THE CREAM
 BEFORE SHE ACTUALLY GOT IT ON HER PIE.

SHE ALSO WAS THE ONE THAT SAW TO IT THAT THE TRADITION OF DECORATING THE TREE AFTER THANKSGIVING DINNER, DIDN'T GET LOST.
(I'm sure her parents really love me for handing this part on.)

GORDAN TRIED TO GET THE STAR ON TOP BY STANDING ON A CHAIR, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A STEPLADDER FOR THIS BIG TREE.

I'M STILL NOT QUITE SURE WHY GABE IS SITTING
BEHIND THE TREE,

BUT HE SOON WAS RIGHT IN THERE WITH THE REST,
DECORATING IT.

ELISE FOUND SOME REINDEER ANTLERS IN THE DECORATION BOX,
 WHICH SOPHIA GLADLY MODELED.

I CATCH GORDAN GIVING THEM A MORE FIERCE LOOK,
WHILE THE REST CONTINUED ON DECORATING THE TREE.

IT WAS A FUN FILLED WONDERFUL DAY,
AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

WISHING YOU

 A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

GOBBLE, GOBBLE!!!

ONE LARGE BLOG

 FOR ONE EXCITING DAY!

IT STARTED OUT AT SYDNEY'S CENTRAL COAST SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP WATER POLO GAME FOR FIRST AND SECOND PLACE.

BRITTNEY, AND A LARGE GROUP OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY
WEATHERED THE RAIN TO WATCH THE COMPETITION.

NANNY AND HON WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT.

KIM, MICHELLE, AND HANNAH STAYED DRY UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA,

AND PATTI WAS UP EARLY, STARTING OUT
 THE DAY AT LIV AND ROXANNE'S SWIM MEET.

CRAIG, AFTER WORKING LAST NIGHT, CAUGHT UP WITH HER AT THE  MEET, AND CAME WITH HER TO CATCH THE WATER POLO.
I'M TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT THEIR SCHEDULE!
CRAIG AND FRIEND DOUG CERTAINLY STOOD OUT IN THE CROWD.

SYD SWAM HARD,

GUARDING AND BEING GUARDED,

BLOCKING PASSES,

GETTING THE BALL,

AND PASSING THE BALL,
THROUGHOUT THE GAME.

NO MATTER HOW HARD THE LADY KNIGHTS  PLAYED,
 GIVING IT THEIR ALL,
SACRED HEART WON BY A SCORE OF FIFTEEN TO OUR FOUR.

THEY CAME IN SECOND IN THE CENTRAL COAST SECTION FINALS,
A FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF THE SOQUEL LADY KNIGHTS.

GREAT JOB!

SMILE FOR ONE MORE PICTURE.

LUNCH AFTERWARDS BEFORE WE FOLLOWED SYD, CRAIG, AND PATTI BACK TO CATCH THE END OF LIV AND ROXANNE'S MEET.

WE GOT THERE IN TIME TO SEE THE BOTH OF THEM
WARMING UP FOR THEIR NEXT EVENT.

A LITTLE REST FOR ROXY, AND THE REST OF US, BEFORE
SHE SWIMS HER FINAL RACE OF FORTY LAPS OF THE POOL.
FORTY LAPS?
BOY THAT TAKES ENDURANCE!

CRAIG AND LIV HOLD THE LAP REMINDER FOR ROXY.
LIVVY EXPLAINED IT TO ME,  IT LETS HER KNOW WHAT LAP SHE'S IN, SO SHE DOESN'T GO OUT TOO STRONG, TOO SOON.

GREAT JOB ROXY!

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITHOUT YOUR SISTER
CHANGING THE NUMBERS,

AND HOLDING THE MARKER FOR YOU?
IT'S TRUE SISTERLY LOVE!!!