A new tradition

The doorbell rang this evening and both Tamara and I ran to see who it was. It was Fed Ex delivering a package for Tamara Muñoz. The package came from the North Pole and immediately Tamara knew it was from Santa Claus. As she opened it she saw a wrapped green package with the official Seal from Santa's Workshop. When she opened it, she saw a cute little elf and a book. So the tradition starts. We read the story of the Elf on the Shelf and learned that this little elf would be staying at our house each day until Christmas. Then every night while we sleep he flies to the North Pole to report to Santa how Tamara behaved. When he comes back to our house he finds a new spot to sit and we have to find him in the morning. The story told Tamara that she could name her elf. He is officially ---Christopher the Elf!


The green wrapped package.



Look what Santa sent us.



Tamara is so excited about her special delivery.



Christopher Elf's first spot. I wonder where he will be tomorrow.

Decorating the Christmas tree

Jesse and Tamara spent the afternoon yesterday buying a Christmas tree (while we were at the UCLA game). Today we spent the evening decorating it. At least Tamara got to decorate it. She doesnt allow us to do anything. She says, "I can do it by myself". Ok kid, you go!

Tamara and her Tio geting ready to put the Angel on the tree.



And she does it!

Running in the rain

Yes, we are still running. We went on a short hour run/hike in our mountains and all of a sudden it started pouring on us. Walk break??? No way, I ran all the way back to the car with the double stroller. You dont get too tired when you are on a mission.

See Tamara up in front leading the way for Robert, Malena, Niveet and Kobe.



See Mom, I can run too!




Look at those strides.

Albondigas soup

Nothing like finishing off the weekend with friends and a nice bowl of comfort food "albondigas soup". The Rongas came over Sunday evening for some homemade albondigas soup. We had such a nice relaxing time. The girls played together too, it was soo cute.

Tamara loved playing with Valentina.



The babies playing together.




How they grow so fast.




The kids.



Tamara being silly, holding a crayon on her upper lip.

De La Joya fight

All I can say about the De La Joya fight was "We paid money for this?" At least we had a great evening with steaks and great friends.

GO TROJANS!!

What a great weekend! Robert and I spent our Saturday at the USC vs. UCLA game to enjoy USC kick some UCLA *#@!. It was so great especially since we went with our UCLA loving friends who just loves to talk trash. I don't get it, their team sucks but they still talk smack. Then when they get creamed, they get all quiet so they take the fun out of our smack talking.




Thanks Mike for good times.




Gotta love this one!




Final score.

Karate Kid

Tamara made us proud today during her testing for her next Karate belt. She did such a great job! It is so amazing to see your kids start off as little babies who then develop into these little people with their own talents and goals. So cool.

Tamara before her testing.

Practice kicks.

Can she do it?

Yay! She broke the board!