Jordan had his second annual Shabbat boy day at his school where gets to be the star of his class for a day. We were so proud of him watching him stand confidently in front of his class talking to his friends. Me and Tammy were there along with Nanny, Poppy, and Safta.
We also love both of his teachers.
Off to the temple
Hugging the cushy Torah
Singing and spinning
Jonah had his party at one of the coolest places I’ve seen yet. Video games, glow in the dark mini-golf, air hockey and other fun stuff. Maybe a good place to host a birthday party for Jordan or Eli in a couple of years.
Happy birthday Jonah!
Poppy joined us too!
Mini golf
Bike ridin and video games
We’ve survived our share of flues, stomach flues, and colds in the last couple of months. But who hasn’t? These photos date back to New Years Eve and the first couple weeks of the year. We’ve had a little rain, but not quite the El Nino flooding predicted.
Just before the new year, Jordan went bowling for the first time and did pretty well
I went to see “Dead & Company” – John Mayer, Bob Weir, etc. with a friend at the Forum and I was blown away by Mayer’s energy and guitar playing
I Know You Rider
New Years with the Gordons
Partying up
Home made Popsicle time
Spiderman singing duet
Slide duet
Backyard orange harvest
New Years Day hike
Snow day at school
Lucky kids with their well-planned, colorful lunches by Mommy
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na – BATMAN, BATMAN, BATMAN!
Daddy & Eli pics
Here are the photos from our Christmas trip to Palm Springs…
We hit the dinosaurs in Cabazon on the way
And no trip to Palm Springs would be complete without a stop at In N Out on the way…
The view from our room was awesome:
The kids enjoyed it too
Lots of good meals
Jordan’s new thing is bringing the Lego instructions wherever he goes to study them, since we won’t let him take the actual Legos out of the house
Drinking hot apple cider
More meals
Hiking at the Indian reservation
Break time
Jordan makes this unintentional face these days that can only be described as “side-face.” I sort of captured it here
We met up with some friends on the second night to go to the Living Desert for the annual light show. They had some sort of Hanukkah dog to make the Jews feel festive
And the kids loved the model trains there
Requisite selfies
The hotel made a feeble attempt on Christmas to have a Santa for pictures with the kids. The guy they got was a skinny kid who had no idea what to do. Jordan wanted to know why some dude was dressed up like Santa. Smart kid. He wasn’t buying it.
We had a very relaxing December. I had a couple of extra days off off work, so we went back to Palm Springs. We love the Hyatt in Indian Wells. They treated us so nicely there. We had less Hanukkah festivities than most years this year, but the kids still had their fill and are filled to the rim with gifts!
Family trip to the Grove; waiting in line for the trolley
Jordan seeing Frozen on Ice with Tammy, Gia and Kelly. Hooked up with the killer seats via Darren Baum!
Tammy and Tali workin the holiday book sale at the kids’ school:
Hosting 1st night at our house:
Celebration at Avi and Jan’s
Bros
Scoring a box full of gifts from Nanny and Poppy
Jordan singing Hanukkah songs at school
And, last but not least, snuggles with Mommy:
Happy New Year. May 2016 be everybody’s best year yet!