A Glimpse Back = 2012

New Years on the beach in Ventura.

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Wine trip to Sonoma.

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Kaili turned  1 year old.

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Memorial Day at Mission Bay.

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Crystal Cove with Grandma and Grandpa.

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Olympic Training center to visit Uncle David.

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Rome, Italy.

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Paris, France.

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Brussels, Belgium.

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Camden Lock,London.

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Paralympics 2012.

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Gold and Sliver Medals.

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Paso Robles, wine trip.

Minassian Young Winery
Minassian Young Winery

First time Trick-or-Treating.

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Christmas in Walla Walla.

Sip and sit....good girl!

Welcome Back to Walla Walla

Kaili was cranky as we drove to the Walla Walla airport early Friday morning, can’t blame the girl, we woke her up at 5 am. When we got to the check in counter to check our bags, our flight was about to board. Great thing about small airports I guess. The bad thing, I was hoping Kaili could get some energy out before  we hopped on the plane, no such luck. Of course once we were all settled on the plane, we were told the flight would be delayed due to the fog, so we sat with an impatient toddler on our laps. About 30 minutes later we were taxiing down the runway, and then we stopped. The fog  was back and we weren’t going anywhere. 15 minutes later we headed back to the gate, deplaned and our flight was cancelled.”Welcome to Walla Walla”, the smug flight attendant announced, I’m sure she thought she was being cute, but in the freezing cold, in the early morning with a toddler whom you woke up, that shit isn’t funny!

The next flight we could get on was Sunday morning, same flight, same early morning wake up for K-bear…can’t wait! No really, I can’t wait to go HOME!

We took advantage of having one more Saturday in WA. A  lot of the small wineries are closed during the week, along with everything on Main street. We were able to hit a few that we missed and I was impressed with all of them.

We saw horses and dogs, oh my.

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sweet gal
sweet gal
Golden -Doodle Relic Winery dog
Golden -Doodle Relic Winery dog

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The winery dog at Relic was a hyper pup, and a big one at that. Kaili really wanted to play but she wasn’t quite big enough to hold her own. I was a little more lenient with Kaili and the pup than Grandpa G.

Fingers crossed the weather cooperates for our flight tomorrow. I have a NYE party to plan, oh and a Seahawks game to watch, and grocery shopping, some cleaning to do, laundry, and wine to drink, you know the important stuff.

Off Duty Reindeer

Sunday we spent some time with Shane’s step-brother and family. It was a short visit but we always have a good time with them. All three of their kiddos were great with Kaili and she loved them right back.

K Bear and Andrew's self portrait
K Bear and Andrew’s self portrait
What's the best kind of work? Teamwork!
What’s the best kind of work? Teamwork!

We got out of the house for a few minutes to show the kids the Reindeer at Klickers. Santa must not need the extra help this year.

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At the end of the day we all gathered around the TV to watch Seattle send a message to the Niners, the house was a’rockin.

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Cousins

Christmas eve and Christmas day were spent in pajamas. Presents were opened, food and wine were consumed and we got to play in the snow, well for a little while

Kaili waiting patiently for Uncle to open her doll.
Kaili waiting patiently for Uncle to open her doll.
Kaili, Grandma and Great Gramndma
Kaili, Grandma and Great Gramndma

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Santa came
Santa came

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someone found the chocolate
someone found the chocolate
You can't see it, but it's snowing.
You can’t see it, but it’s snowing.

Today is Shane’s birthday and we are going to hit Main St. for some wine tasting and window shopping. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas