Monday, December 29, 2008

Christmas 2008

My parents came to California for Christmas this year!! This is Randy's first visit to California since I have moved here. He has never really been a big fan of traffic!

They arrived on Christmas Eve and we went straight to Santa Monica Pier for the afternoon. Had an earlier dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Randy's favorite place and then drove up Malibu to get to our house.

Christmas day we just hung around the house and opened presents, ate dinner and went to the beach to check out the ocean.

We went to Universal Studios the day after Christmas...One of Randy' favorite theme parks! It is a lot closer than Disneyland and geared more towards adults. They had Grinchmas going on there and that was a lot of fun to see!!

On Saturday, we headed up to Santa Barbara, Solvang, Firestone Winery and Firestone Brewery. Mom said the winery was her favorite part of the entire trip. Firestone Winery and Firestone Brewery are about five minutes apart, but totally different atmosphere. Ron and Randy did the beer tasting and they both agreed it was the worst beer they have ever had!!

Sunday was the day they all left and the day Kelly started to get sick!! This was a great Christmas and I was so happy that everyone had a great time!

Mom, Randy and Ron doing wine tasting at Firestone Winery

Kelly at Wharf in Santa Barbara

Mom and Kelly on Wharf in Santa Barbara

Kelly, Randy and Mom in front of Universal Studios

Our first REAL Christmas tree!!

Ron, Kelly, Grinch, Mom and Randy!

Kelly with her Mickey Snowman Hat!

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