Thursday, December 31, 2015

Last Day of the Year

Saying goodbye to 2015...

 Testing out the ice cream maker from Grammy and Papa.

Watching the magic.

Dexter makes BB-8.

Fire trucks.

Dad love.  Dex is getting better with his letters.

Elizabeth arrives to give the parent a chance to go out on New Year's Eve.  Wow!!

Coloring time.

Happy New Year!!

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Post Christmas

Chilling out post Christmas...

Maya makes Rey's speeder from The Force Awakens.

Listen up!

Bowling!

Lego time.

Dexter's creation.

Maya and Dex make space ships that look remarkably like cardboard boxes.

Brunch!

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Dim Sum Yum

On our last day with Grammy and Papa, we took the ferry to San Francisco for dim sum.  

 Ferry riders.

On our way to Yank Sing.

Papa and Grammy by the ferry building.

Enjoying their famous soup dumplings.

And, of course there was the hilarious moment when Momma got hot sauce in her eye.

Maya is very sympathetic.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Christmas Food

We enjoyed a relaxed morning hanging out and preparing Christmas feasts!!

 Preparing lunchtime deviled eggs.

Grammy knows how to make a delicious plate!

Yum!

Walking to the park.

Preparing veggies.

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Just about ready...

Martinis and turkeys...the perfect combo.

Dinnertime.

Dexter's Christmas drawing.

Christmas Morning

Santa was here!

 Presents anyone?

Stockings.

Grammy opens a present from Maya.

Maya's present to Mommy!

Papa's gets one too.

Maya's Kimochi dream comes true.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas Eve

Preparations for the big day...

 Grammy is the best kitchen partner ever.

Prepping stuffing for tomorrow.

Making reindeer treats.

Christmas Eve Persian food.

Santa treats are ready!

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Sunny Day

It was pretty cloudy and rainy while we were in Monterey, but we had one day of sun on our last day. Perfect day for a hike.

 Nice morning view to the South...

...then the North.

We drove to the nearby Point Lobos State Reserve.  Let the hiking begin...

We took a nice trail by the coast.

Hiking buddies.

Enjoying the views.

Looking for seals.  We saw them on beach down below.

The view.

The beach below was closed because it was seal breeding season.  Lots of seals on the beach.

Out by another overlook.

It's a little windy.

Cool views.

On our way back we found a little path heading to a different beach.

Down some very narrow steep stairs.

On the beach.

Back up that staircase.

Admiring a solo seal hanging out by him(or her)self.  See him by the cliffs.

Back to the cars...

...and to a cute cafe in Carmel for lunch before the drive back to San Francisco.