Into the Woods

Ava was thrilled to join Brentwood Teen Theater. She's been anticipating it since she was part of the ensemble for "Oklahoma!"

BTT's feature for this session was "Into the Woods." Ava was Lucinda, one of Cinderella's stepsisters.

Signing autographs

Florinda and Lucinda

Florinda, Little Red Riding Hood, and Lucinda

Best friends

Lucinda's biggest fans

The cast and crew

Flowers for our performer

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New Year's Day

We spent the first day of 2015 with wonderful friends. I was so occupied with all the fun stuff that I didn't take many photos. I did manage to get this pic of the scrumptious charcuterie and cheese platter that the Ms provided. *drool*

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New Year's Eve 2014

Like most dogs, Ender loathes the loud sounds of fireworks and thunder. The poor guy whines and retreats to his safe corners of the house. In this case, it's our closet. Ava decided to keep him company. She did a great job of soothing him.

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Baby, It's Cold Inside

The temperature inside our house this morning

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Six Flags Fun

We love going to Six Flags the day or weekend after a major holiday as there's not much of a crowd. Here are Ava and K enjoying the park the day after Christmas.

Before going on Sky Coaster. Brave girls!

Christmas presents

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Christmas 2015

Making cookies for Santa

Christmas Eve dinner

Hugs on Christmas morning

Jenga seriousness

Fun with grandma and grandpa and presents

Grandma wraps presents SO beautifully. Here's an example:

Here's another one:

We didn't forget about Ender

And to close out Christmas Day, more Jenga seriousness

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Elf in the Shelf

It's December! And if you have little ones in your house, most likely you have an elf visitor. Our elf friend is Jingles, and here are some of the mischiefs that she got into during her visit.

At least this TP job is easier to fix than ones on outdoor trees

Jingles had this to say after we came back from Disneyland

A farewell message before going back to the North Pole

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