Christmas Morning

Katie made Ryan's Treasure Box - The best gift!

Granada Hills Holiday Parade

Ryan and Katie participated in the Granada Hills Holiday Parade last Sunday, representing the Granada Hills Little League. The 1963 Little League World Series Championship team were the Grand Marshalls of the parade.

Katie, wearing her pink scarf, loved waving to everyone!

Daddy and Grandpa are holding the sign,

with Ryan, waving, next to daddy

Happy 8th Birthday Ryan!

Last Friday was Ryan's 8th birthday. So after spending some of the day at Disneyland, we came back for a party for him at Chuck E. Cheeses. He wanted a party this year so he could invite his baseball team, along with a few neighbors and his friends from church. It was a looooong day, but well worth it!

Socializing with Celebrities

My niece, Ally, made a request to see some of Hollywood while she was here. On the day after Thanksgiving, we hit the Metro for Hollywood and Highland. Even though my kids live here, they haven't really seen Hollywood either. So we did some tourist sights. Kodak Theater complex, handprints outside of the Chinese Theater, and the crazy people dressed up like celebrities who want to charge you for taking a picture with them. We also we into Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Now it's certainly not worth the full price of admission, but if you stand outside and haggle with their people, you can get a much better deal. Mike had a great time sending a few celeb pics back to his Cincinnati friends claiming that he had run into them at lunch. It turned out to be better than we expected.