This year we decided to spend Christmas in Sacramento with d and Zhouyi. They have 3 year-old Meila and 6 month-old Euan and we thought it would be a great year to do Christmas with them. We also decided to drive the 4Runner instead of the RV because we would need it for the Winter Holiday in Sundance that we had planned after Christmas.
We departed on December 19 and spent three long days driving to Sacramento making overnight stops in El Paso, TX, and Kingman, AZ. We arrived a d's house the evening of Dec 21. It was great being there before Christmas because it gave us a chance to participate with the kids in preparations such and cooking and doing puzzles. We also visited Fairytale Town (near Sacramento Zoo), Apple Hill in the Sierra foothills (kind of like Delicious Orchards with pies, doughnuts and cider) and the California State Railroad Museum (a fascinating look at into the past of railroads in California complete with restored steam engines and passenger cars). Grandma also got some real quality time with Meila teaching her about Christmas baking.
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| Fairytale Town |
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| Liz & Meila making cookies |
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| d and Euan looking on |
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| Chocolate covered pretzels |
Christmas day was magical with Meila and Euan (Melia now "gets" the Santa Clause thing and Euan likes wrapping paper). We had a wonderful time watching the grandkids opening presents. We also did a marathon shift working on a 1000 piece puzzle (d and Liz completed it with a late night effort).
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| Christmas morning |
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| The finished puzzle (1000 pieces!) |
On the day after Christmas we began our trek to Sundance, UT for the Winter Holiday (we'll pick up that story in the next blog post). This was our first Christmas with d and Zhouyi and we had a marvelous time!!
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