A Nice Place to Live

The city of Fountain Valley hosted its annual tree lighting ceremony in Mile Square Park. About 3,000 people attended the free event, which included performers from the community, fireworks, carnival games and a visit from Santa Claus.

Alex & David in awe of the light show.

Also, our Chritmas tradition of walking through the neighborhood at Heil & Brookust to see the holiday lights. This year Melissa, Madeline and James joined us!


Maddy drops a letter for Santa in the Northpole mailbox.

Silver Lego Rings

Edition Mathea created a collection of sterling silver Lego rings that actually work with real Legos, so you can customize your ring according to your mood.


found at Trendland with photos via Gizmodo

Coke Ornament bottle

Haven't been to the store lately, but we'll have to look for these the next time.


photo by Michael Williams aka A Continuous Lean

Don't mess with me and my dad

We gotta introduce this girl to Alex.


photo by the awesome Nate and Jacilyn Kaiser at The Image is Found Check their blog out. Seriously.

More Holiday Cheer

Nothing says Christmas like a top hat and an 80s mullet:


More Yuletide mullets:

SoCal Snow

Saturday morning we trekked out to Bonita Creek Park in Newport Beach, as we had read they were dumping 100 tons of snow that morning for kids to play in. A lot of people showed up and we had to park a bit far, but it was worth it. They had Santa, some inflatable bounce houses, 2 sled areas, a snowball area, and an open play area.


Alex's shadow and snowman

Copenhagen Cycle Chic

Just came across the blog Copenhagen Cycle Chic which I think you can guess what it is about. Even though gas prices are finally returning to somewhat affordable prices, I sometimes wish I worked within cycling distance. I often wonder how my relatives in Holland and everyone else who lives in countries where it snows, get around on bikes. Apparently with a smile:

photo: Nitecity #2 by Lars, via Flickr

Also found a link to The Dutch Bicycle Company, which sells European bikes in the US. Armilyn loves this bike, the Conference Bike or Cobi:



It can seat up to seven, but thankfully only one person gets to steer.

post by David