If it's late January then.....

 it must be time for Grandpa Dave and Grandma Carol to come visit.

(I know it is currently late February, but let's overlook that for this post).

And, as always, we ate extremely well.

Birthday cake #1 was not a cake at all, it was a Banana Cream Pie.

Birthday cake #2, on a different night of course, was flourless chocolate cake.

Both were pretty darn tasty.

 We did not only eat dessert, oh no. We grilled, had salmon, went out for Mexican and had Paella.

 It only took us 2 hours to shop for all these ingredients. I'm almost certain we could shave an hour off that time, but it was fun going to the harbor, the farmer's market, the harbor again and to a regular grocery store.

 Isn't it pretty?

 I think Lucy is helping add a yarn baggage identifier here. Whatever they're doing, the sure look happy.

These two look happy also, perhaps a bit crazy, but happy.

Can you imagine propping your grandma on your knees?

I'm trying to picture doing that with my one of my grandmas when I was 12.

Pretty funny picture, that is.

Visit from East Coast Grandparents

We did a bunch of our usual 'fall visit events' such as go apple picking and have lunch in this lovely park in Los Olivos. Check out the height difference between those three.

Some of us took a bike trip around town, stopping at Henry's Jr High School. Isn't it beautiful?

Apple eating and balancing.

These studious two discussed geographical information. They even used a laser pointer.

After apple picking, we tried a few wines. They were quite good. This should become an annual tradition.

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Of course there were soccer games and lots of great eating, but I didn't take any pictures of these. In fact, I didn't take any of the above photos. Credit goes to Carol, Dave and John. Thanks all!

Keystone

We went up to Keystone last weekend with Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Bart for some skiing and overall fun. It was a blast.

The girls dancing to some pre-skiing music.

Me at the top skiing by myself (heavenly).

Tilly on the big chair lift, which she loved.

Izzy being goofy in the condo...don't ask.

At the top of Keystone Mountain they have a thing called Kidatopia. We went last year too. It was a lot of fun.

Tilly & Chance on the chairlift.

Tilly taking a break...she got pretty tired.

Here is a little video recap of our skiing. It's not too professional. It's a little fuzzy and I'm not sure why it came out that way. It is a crystal clear picture it must have just shrunk a lot to get it on here. I'll work on that, not now though, it's late and I'm tired...enjoy!

Fun in the snow.

For those of you that haven't been out to visit lately this is just a reminder that we expect everyone to have proper dinner attire. It all started with Izzy getting dressed and then Josie put something special on for dinner and it all snowballed from there. We had a great visit with Grandpa Dave and Grandma Carol. We had some wonderful food and drink and a fun day of sledding. Check out the pictures. I also have some great video that I hope to get up soon as well.