Welcome to California. We arrived and our socialite daughter is off to the opening night to the Nutcracker in San Francisco. Opening night is special as a candy nutcracker is decorated, cookies to all and a bear for each child. Emersyn has an annual holiday tradition with Aunt Terri and Uncle Andy with dinner in the City followed by the Nutcracker performance. Emmy picks out a nutcracker to take home each year. Now, that she is older, she no longer sleeps with the wooden doll!! She gave her bear to Eleri, which is now Eleri’s favorite animal.

Our theater group was running late…running out the door with wet hair. No photo of Andy as he was even later!