Wednesday, January 4, 2012

California Christmas

Click on this photo to get a better view of the surfers.

 California in winter is mild compared to much of the rest of the country, but it is often cool, foggy and overcast.  When we took our Christmas trip to California, December 24th, we were favored with sunny, warm weather most of the week between Christmas and New Year.










A favorite Christmas toy was a remote controlled helicopter each boy received Christmas morning. 
Cody serenaded us with Christmas songs on his flute.

Zachary is hoping to learn to play the guitar.


 We flew to California at this time to see our grandson, Zachary, play basketball in his high school tournament. As I may have said before, I am not a sportswoman, but basketball is fairly easy to understand, fast, and when my grandson is involved, exciting to watch.  Zachary, as point guard, was rarely on the sidelines and scored 6 to 15 points per game. Their team won 3 of 4 games. Lost the
final, unfortunately, but only by a respectable 4 points.

Three times we went to Huntington Beach to see the sun sink into the ocean.  The first 2 times the sun was down before we made it to the pier.  The third time was the charm and I have this photo to prove it.


And this one:  Huntington Beach Sunset
                                                                                                       
Left to Right:  Zachary, Wade,  Big Daddy, me (Taytah), Joyce, and Cody 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We couldn't leave California without eating breakfast at the Sugar Shack, so here we are.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your post is great, and the blog itself looks wonderful with the little mice picture at the top! Those are so adorable. I love mine! Anyway, back to the post: loved all the pictures and being able to click on them to see them bigger and better just made it all the more enjoyable. Glad you got to see the basketball games and that you enjoyed them!

Linda Hicks said...

Oh Nancy! What fun it is to see the photos bigger. I love the church mice at the top and you must teach me to change photos like that! Soooo cute. And of course i am envious of the musical grandchildren and the exciting world where they live. I am so glad you got to go there to visit. Many More as we say with birthdays.

Anonymous said...

Such a happy time, Nancy! I love seeing all these wonderful pictures and reading your comments. Thank you. ss