Placerville, CA Christmas Visit

We went to Placerville this year for Christmas and enjoyed the beautiful weather and spending time with May, Papa, Duke and all the other animals around the "forest" as Claire calls it. She also asked me what mountain May and Papa live on - well, it's more of a mountain than the Las Vegas Valley, I guess. I had my camera out a lot, so there are going to be a ton of pictures in the next few posts.

Duke was Miles' favorite toy/pillow/friend during the trip, though Papa was a close second.






Miles and Claire wanted to help out around the house a lot - Claire especially is always asking me what she can do to help or to have chores. I need to take advantage of this more, but at our house there aren't as many chores. Claire and Miles helped rake leaves, collect eggs (Claire went out there every hour or two to check on the poor chickens, while Miles managed to break at least 3-4 eggs during our visit), or give food to the dogs.


Music time with May - we sang Christmas songs and practiced for the ward choir that I sang with and my mom conducted. While singing on Sunday I felt my mommy-senses tingling and sure enough, I looked over and Miles had walked up to the stage. He was waiting mischievously on the side with a grin on his face. Luckily my dad was on the stand and grabbed him before he came up to me during the song.



We also had a quick visit with Jeff and Jenna, friends from high school, and there two kids. We met at a park and were soon freezing, so headed to McDonald's for some indoor play. This was the best picture of me and Jenna; unfortunately the play area does not make for good lighting. Our kids are very close in age and once my kids stopped shivering uncontrollably from the first park and being so grouchy, we had fun. These kiddos from Vegas and San Diego aren't used to 40 degrees. :)