the santoro life

We were lucky to celebrate two Christmases this year. My parents came out on the 19th for a five day visit. They took the kids all over town, to the museums and parks, we spent a decent amount of time at La Jolla Tap and opened lots of presents before they left. In the past month my parents have traveled to Branson, India and San Diego to see all three of us. Thanks for coming out mom and dad. Love you xoxox A sunset at Windansea The girls! Superhero and his saltines We've been homebound for neary four months and it was time for another trip! We road tripped up to San Francisco on the 23rd to see Noah's grandma and family. We stopped in Santa Barbara on the way up for a night, and Morro Bay on the way back - pretty much the same trip we did three years ago. Kids were awesome in the car (thanks to the iPad) and it was a really fun trip. Grandma is now 98 and still going strong. We stayed with her for two nights and I think she was about done with us by the tim...

Only two weeks til Christmas - eek! We got our tree on Thursday after work/school and decorated it this weekend. Emmett's school performance was Friday night at Little Steps. He'd been talking up Rudolph and Happy Birthday (to Jesus) for a few weeks but didn't really come through with the singing on stage. He got so excited to see us in the audience and screamed "Hi Mom!! Hi Dad!!". The rest of the weekend was packed with a sleepover for besties Soph and Florence, a holiday festival at the school, a bday party, and hanging lights with Colleen and Larry. Picking out the perfect tree at good ole Home Depot. Emmett LOVED the chainsaws. Of course. One tree. Three kids. One Superdad.  Hi Mom! Hi Dad!! After his class's performance he joined us in the audience.  Christmas Chaos.  Florence came over Saturday to play and stayed the night. Busted out my grandma's tea set for a little party.  We made oatmeal cookies.  And watch...

I got to sit through The Grinch for a second time this weekend! I actually didn't mind, it is so cute. Jen and I took Finn and Emmy to the show, and then out for lunch in Hillcrest. It was a gorgeous day and we had a blast. Noah and I got out for a few hours of Christmas shopping on Saturday night, we got to visit Colleen and Larry for a bit on Sunday and then rounded out the weekend at the holiday festival at the rec center. Buds since birth. And me and Jen are going on 10+ years, too :) These two are buds since birth, too! Finn and Coco - reunited and oh so happy.