This year we chose to spend Christmas in Riverside, CA with d & Zhouyi and family. We began our trip on Saturday, Dec 18, driving the 4Runner. We took the southern route through El Paso, TX and got to Las Cruces, NM where we stayed in an Airbnb the first night. In the room at the Airbnb was a portable fireplace/heater that we really loved. When we got back home we got one just like it.
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| Portable fireplace/heater that we loved |
We drove a long day the next day and arrived at Riverside that evening. Over the next few days we did Christmas season activities such as baking cookies, making gingerbread houses, and visiting Christmas displays and lights.
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Grandma making cookies
with Meila and Euan |
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| Meila with Santa Clause |
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| Christmas displays at the Mission Inn |
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| Meila with her gingerbread house |
While Grandma spent her time doing cookies with the grandkids, d and I worked on a project to put in a spiral staircase to provide access to the upper floor. This area had once been a large finished room but had been closed off from the downstairs in a previous remodel. We created an access through the wall and upper rafters for the spiral staircase. d then installed the staircase to reach the access point. He subsequently contracted out the work to finish the upstairs into an office and a large rec room. The end results were amazing!
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| Spiral staircase kit the d installed |
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| Finished staircase |
We spent Christmas Day opening presents, eating and playing. On Dec 27 we drove to the San Diego Zoo and enjoyed some holiday time with the animals.
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| Christmas morning |
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| Christmas after the presents are opened |
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| Grandparents with Grandkids at San Diego Zoo |
On December 28 we ended our time in Riverside and began our journey to Lake Tahoe where our family Winter Holiday was planned. We had a great time with d's family and will never forget our first Christmas with them in their new Riverside house.
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