Second stop Cambria, CA

Number 2 so that we could stop at Kc's grandparents house in Cambria. They were so sweet, they fed us and would not let us help with dishes. While we were there Kc and I went to the famous Hearst Castle tour during a huge rainstorm. The tour was great because the whole castle was decorated with Christmas trees, and wreaths.

Kc, Jane and Gordon OliverThe first Hearst outdoor pool

The Hearst indoor pool

First stop Monterey, CA

Kc and I decided to drive down to my parents house for Christmas instead of flying for multiple reasons.

Number 1 to stop down in Monterey to hangout with my sister Anne and Josie and her husband Eric and their kids. We checked out some real estate and the dental office Eric might work at this coming year. We also stopped by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was amazing. We took my nephew Ethan and he was obsessed with the waterfall over the window in the back.

Carmel Beach

Cohen loving the beach

The Aquarium

Crazy waterfall

The Bay Area does Christmas right

This week before we head down to my parent's house we are trying to check-out the Christmas sights in the Bay Area. One night we went with Anne & Mike to the Morgan Stanley Skating Christmas party. Every year they have a night of ice skating at the rink across from the Ferry Building. It was a lot of fun...thanks for working hard Mike. Although we did almost sufficate on the BART ride home.


Skating rink.


Photo booth.


Kc and I drove down Thompson Lane in Alameda it was decorated with so many lights and extra large Christmas figures. It was amazing.


Abominable Snowman.


Then Kc and I were driving to the grocery store and found this lovely leg. FRAGILE!


Oakland Temple very decked out. Merry Christmas!

I have been avoiding a few tags, but here it goes

one...I am super excited about Christmas, the other day I went with my Young Women's group (I just got called as the Beehives advisor) to the Oakland temple to watch a concert. I had no idea that it would be a Handbell concert. They played all these songs with just bells and it was amazing.


two... When Martha and I went to school in New York City, we went to the school named York Preparatory. And when you watch ELF with Will Ferrell this Christmas season look out for your school when Will is waiting for his little brother to come out of school. That is where we graduated High School.


three...I love Bourne Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum. They are some of the best movies in my book. The day Kc and I saw Ultimatum in the theatre I said I could see that again right now. I am excited for it to come out on DVD next week.


fourth...I love opening advent calendars, it is the first thing I do almost during the month of December.

fifth...I am glad I am not having to scrap the car off and drive in the snow traffic to SLC this year, 60 degrees in December is okay with me.

sixth...I love King beds, I seem to sprawl out at night on accident, pretty much sleeping diagonal, but switching from a full bed to a king has changed my life.

seventh...I have a goal of living on any kind of island for the rest of my life. I have two already- Manhattan and Alameda.

eighth...I love bravo tv watching project runway, or top chef. I have got Kc to watch some of the shows with me and I love it.

A Great Break

Thanksgiving break was great. Kc and I got to visit all of my family, eat lots, play football and remember the life of my amazing Grandpa Eddington.

Martha at Little America loving the life size gingerbread house

Little America Buffet- so GOOD!

The Fam playing football. Our whole family divided into four teams and our team won...sorry cousins for all of my dad's comments.

My family with Arnold Frieberg, my Grandpa's friend and professional partner who convinced him to pursue painting and art rather than medicine. It was amazing to meet him and hear him talk about my Grandpa.

Martha, Mom and Me at the gravesight.

Hanging out with the Storrs and the Sorensens

In loving memory of Elmo Keith Eddington

We love Grandpa Eddington and will miss him so much.
He was the best friend, teacher, dad, husband, grandpa and artist.

Bowling Night

Before you read on we suggest you check out this amazing clip from YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3N08xshxds.
I'm proud to say that Mike, Anne, Molly, and I did nothing as absurd as the folks in the video but had a lot of fun all the same. We decided to head over to the AMF bowling alley in Alameda after their league play was over to take advantage of the Saturday night deal that they had going on. We payed our fee and bowled until our arms fell off. We actually didn't bowl too many games but need to send a message to Eric and Josie....you guys better watch out! The last game of the night (when our hands were hurting, swolen, and tired) Mike bowled a 188, I bowled a 178, Anne bowled a 121 and Molly bowled a 116. We're ready to bowl for the big bucks over Christmas break. By then Mike and I just might have our own gear with higher scores to claim. It was just fun and we're definitely going to include the alley as a site of future date nights. Not much else is new. My final went very well on Wednesday and Molly has been working very hard to finish design projects here and there. We'll have more to share after this next week when we all get to enjoy a long road trip to St. George for Thanksgiving.