Christmas Eve...

Last chance to be good.... "Homey" the elf was so ready to hop on Santa's sleigh and be out of here and off of his hard job of reporting on Jadyn and Campbell.

These kids obviously (Jbird even checked online on Christmas Eve) made the good list... and I think accidentally got like a small village's presents...

Oh no, not again...

I guess Campbell has a one-santa-per-year limit...can't help laughing.

Santa time

J and C got to see the memories of Holiday Lane.. no more monorail.. at Macy's downtown and the Pioneer Place Santa, who was the real deal, let me tell you! He even knew secrets about Jadyn (notice her surprised posture) ... probably from the Elf on the Shelf...

"My new business...

...Is snow-shoveling" says Jadyn.. um, ya, good luck with making money on that in San Diego.. ha! she had a blast as we were snowed in at Nana B and Big Poppi's house.

Away in a manger...

A little jaunt to Portland for a quick weekend in the snow and some time with Nana B's MANGE (as Jadyn calls it).. As always, the weekend flew by and we didn't get much done since the snow kept us homebound.

R A E N man

check out this awesome write-up in Surfing magazine!

You know retail is bad this year...

..when Santa passes out. I know. This is bad. I totally had to sneak into Journeys behind CAUTION tape and mall security (mall cops. haa!) to get a picture or no one would believe me. I couldn't bear to get a close up of his face as he was on the phone with Mrs. Claus to come pick him up..Total Wizard-of-Oz-witch-under-the-house photo... Poor moms with their babies all gussied up with those garter belt bows on their heads to get a snapshot at the mall with the big guy!