Niles Canyon Train of Lights

We had a great time this year on the Niles Canyon Railroad with the Negherbon (Elizabeth's boss) family. The railroad museum decorates the train with Christmas lights and Santa spends the trip visiting witht he ids on the train.

Thanksgiving, yeah, it's a little late

We spent Thanksgiving in Tahoe this year. We drove up on Wednesday, stayed at the Timber Cover Lodge on the beach at South Shore, fed the ducks, had Thanksgiving dinner at the Forest Buffet in Harrahs, played video games at the arcade and then spent the rest of the day driving around the lake seeing the sights. Race had a lot of fun climbing on the rocks at Emerald Cove.

Race's Christmas Program

This years program combined Kindergarten through Third Grade. Race's First Grade class dressed to represent Africa this year. The highlight of the show was the kids singing Silent Night while they signed it in American Sign Language. Here are a couple of pictures of Race, one of cousin aurora enjoying the show and one of our neighbor Daria who's Kindergarten class represented Mexico.

Breakfast with Santa

Breakfast with Santa at the Concord Senior Center has become a standard stop on our Christmas journey. They put on a nice pancake breakfast, craft boutique, and set up craft tables where the kids can occupy themselves while they wait for the main event, meeting Santa Claus. Here are Race and cousin Aurora meeting the big guy himself...

Christmas in Martinez

Martinez closes Main Street every year or a Christmas celebration and parade. It's wonderfully, campy, small town kitsch at it's best. They set up a synthetic Ice Rink and use man made snow for a Toboggan Run. Here are a couple pictures of Race and Elizabeth trying both...