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Happy 2016!!

We made it to midnight to ring in the new year! I'll post pics tomorrow from the "Spinning Vinyl" party. It also explains our fashion style on New Year's Eve!

12-31-15

Me: Page #365 of this chapter. Excited about page #1 of the next chapter!

I'll read it tomorrow. :-)

Happy New Year…see you in 2016!

12-30-15

Me: Bob & I took Kavan & Riley to the Children's Museum today. Pretty fun place with mazes, toys, towers, tunnels & tons of kiddos!

PS: We went to the new Star Wars movie tonight and…we liked it! Two thumbs up from us. May The Force be with you in 2016!

12-29-15

Me: LOL…saw this posted on FB & it sure made me laugh! Too true for us actually.

 We are now trying to rid ourselves of our December indulging habits. It was great but now it's time to clean up our diet & reach for the veggies instead of cookies. Wish us luck…it's hard! Only a couple more days to make your 2016 resolutions. What are they?

12-28-15

Martin: We ended up with a white Xmas tree this year for a change. It’s already been knocked over twice.

Me: Sunday night we went to the Desert Botanical Garden Luminaria event.

Each Christmas season the garden is decorated with thousands of luminaries but this year they also featured Bruce Munro's light art.

Many of his displays are made with plastic water bottles and somehow rigged with LED lights coiled through them. All the displays constantly change color. It was pretty fascinating!

10 groups of musicians played a variety of tunes throughout the park. Walking around with hot chocolate while enjoying the tunes & sights with family = a nice evening out.

12-27-15

Martin: Our Christmas eve lunch – before the camera acted up.

Me: Harley & I hanging out in the Wave Cave.

I have been wanting to do this hike for a few months now…ever since seeing photos of it posted on Instagram.

Kimo & Julie doing some Desert Yoga! This cave makes for some cool shots!

Kimo, Rich, Julie & Makena

Harley looking for…you guessed it…FOOD from Rich. :-)

Here's the inside of the cave. It was quite big with a sandy floor. This is my only shot looking into the cave. All other pics were looking out towards the view.

One last surf on the big wave!

And then back down the mountain. The round trip (including photos) was only 2.5 hours. The cave is in this photo… look to the rocks about mid photo and on the right 1/2 of pic. Can you see it?

Always a fun time with these friends! Julie, Makena (Kimo's daughter), Julie (Kimo's wife), Rich (our 14'er buddy).

12-26-15

Martin: Fred has been dragged out at Xmas for as long as I can remember.

Me: "Baby, it's cold outside!"

Last week was cold & this week is supposed to be too. Glad I have my new sock monkey hat to wear on Harley's walks. Thanks Pat & Bob for our fun & warm Christmas gifts (Bob got a zebra hat)!

Harley thinks it's cold too & is happy when I cover her with a blanket. She's keeping me company while Bob is away.