The Palos Verdes Library hosted a tea party in honor of American Girl. Josette and Gigi brought their dolls and learned about the history of all the American Girl Dolls. They are dying to get one of their own. Josette's favorite is Josephina, Gigi's is Felicity. We enjoyed cookies and lemonade and made new friends with Clara and her daughter Olivia. 
Once in a while the girls get a special date with Dad to go out for dinner and ice cream. Lucky Jessie!
This was one of the best Thanksgivings ever. I think we all feel so grateful and thankful for our wonderful family and friends and each year just seems to get better and better. I love watching the kids have fun with their cousins. And there is nothing like spending quality time with family over a feast of delicious food. The house is filled with lots of loud chatter and love and laughing all day. Brother Joe's speech to us all was the MOST special moment of the day. I am so grateful for him and his sincere beautiful words.
Gigi brought home Milo and took care of him for 1 night. The next day Miss Kathy read all about her adventure to her classmates.
It was a perfect day to 
take our yearly pics for the Christmas card. This year we're featuring our new addition, baby Van. Our setting was the Malaga Cove Library and fortunately we got through it pain free. It's getting a little more challenging trying to get 6 people to look and smile at the same time, but we did it! These are a few of the pics I took. We then had a nice Mexican dinner on top of the hill.
