MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

the jennings visit Idaho

ahhhhhh, the springs....

we visited adam's work and were able to tour the new construction...

we've lived here for 13 years and have never visited the old penitentiary. it's something i always say we are going to do, but never do. it was super cool...

we visited tablerock on the windiest day. we took shelter in the creepy caves...

and lastly, the botanical gardens. a beautiful place on a sunny day...

this and that

nitrogen ice cream at the creamistry. YUM!

we tried to spend as much time as possible outside because of kitty. jesse and molly built a beautiful patio, so we ate out there most nights.

they spend lots of time doing this...

 cuz time always feels good, especially after the beach...

 lyla found a friend

as we were getting in the van to drive back home, we saw a light in the sky. it was eerie and cool...and eerie. we found out it was one of elon musk's rockets. 

tide pools

we went to some new tide pool that the camps found. us at the top...

the hike down was a little sketchy, but worth it

shane about to get wet...

 just taking it all in with uncle jesse

this garibaldi got stuck in a tidepool. we're hoping he made it out when the water came up

 the pools were beautiful...

la jolla

a million times over, this is my favorite place on the planet. we had a perfect day.

i just love this face...

 no seagull is safe...

we brought our new paddle board, it was a hit. this was the first time they both stood up...

now it's old hat, haha...

 the coolest thing was that you cold look down on the leopard sharks. there were a ton of them. the vantage point from up there gave you a good look at them. such a good investment:)

sd

cousins!

 the kids hadn't experience the yogurt mill since they could remember. it's still good:)

pretty sweet hotel pool

 we met up with the cruz family and got to meet Juniper for the first time. such a cutie!

ezra enjoying the h2o

straight to the beach

we arrived in la to beautiful beach weather...

it was bright!

still bright;)

 eli is learning to body surf, he loves playing in the waves. he can still stay in the cold water all.day.long. everybody else has to rotate out, but not him. it's crazy.