Friday, December 25, 2015

Christmas in Danville

We did a quick trip up to Danville, arriving Wednesday afternoon.  We had chili at the house for dinner and Taylor went with Papa to look at Christmas lights in Diablo and Round Hill.  
 We had a Thursday morning visit from the Mascardo's for bagels and muffins (forgot to take pictures) and a very nice late lunch at Piatti's.
Then a quick trip to Starbucks before 5:00 Christmas Eve mass at St. Isadore's.  

 Christmas morning, my dad and I picked up Starbucks for everyone, the girls opened their stockings and we all ate breakfast together before opening gifts.  
 The only picture I remembered to take was Kaia opening the gift she has been sniffing under our tree for the past few weeks.  We were all spoiled, as usual.  Taylor loved her clothes, CDs, gym membership, gift cards and lots of lotions and perfumes.  Allison got her own FitBit, lots of new Nike gear, shower speaker and tickets to the US Women's soccer game in January.

Mike and Joannie joined us for the afternoon and for Christmas dinner.  Allison was a big help to Grandma in the kitchen the whole time we were there.  She helped make the breakfast egg bake, pumpkin pie, scalloped potatoes and enjoyed her time with Grandma.  Taylor set a very nice table and did a lot to help clean up.  She also really loved looking through all of our family history books put together by my mom's Aunt Darlene.  The detail and stories were amazing!  It was a quick trip, but we packed a lot in and enjoyed the family time!