Mainland trip- First Stop L.A.

On our way to the mainland! I forgot there was a pair of trauma shears in my purse (a Christmas present from a coworker) but the security members were so nice that she boxed it up and sent it with our stuff. Other than that, it was pretty smooth sailing.We were getting creative towards the end of the flight on ways to entertain the kiddos.

We made it to LA! It was really quite cold. Auntie Lindsay picked us up and we went to eat at Tito's Tacos. It was freezing, but great!

The girls were dying to see midnight and Tiffany. He is still such a good cat.

Ever since we landed in the mainland, Bubs' hair went totally limp. He normally has these precious little curls at the bottom of his hair, but it turned into a shaggy mullet in this dry air. Needless to say, He got his first haircut thanks to his Auntie Betty and Auntie Lindsay.

Now he looks so much older!

The girls love their cousins Sam and Liz

I got to have a girls outting with these wonderful ladies. We are Thrifty's ice cream and got our toes done.

And we got the families together to drive through the Christmas lights in the neighborhoods 

At Auntie Lindsay's house we made epic ginger bread houses. She baked real ginger bread and made her own royal icing (I normally do graham crackers and hot glue)

This is how they turned out. Aren't they fancy? The girls did a great job

The kids played in the street out front of Lindsay's house with bikes, skateboards, cars, bubbles, etc.  It was strange to see them wearing so many clothes.

And of course, Midnight