I was home for Christmas. You could count on me.

Thanks to my parents for flying me home for Christmas. Fun was had by all. Get ready for a photo overload....

 Cutest nieces ever!!

 We went and looked at Christmas lights. There is a guy in Pleasanton that decks out his whole yard, front and back, I've never really seen anything like it. The girls loved it.

 Uncle Gabe is the funnest!

 Visiting extended family was fun too.

 Not sure why I look so crazy in this photo...but we used the timer on the camera so that's a possible explanation.

 My grandparents have been together 65 years.

Then Ani came to visit and we had adventures in SF and the bay area.

I got to meet Misty's cute baby Rylee and we did a little Christmas photo shoot.

Then we did the nativity on Christmas eve. Sophie want to be the donkey so Ani and I made her this costume that came in handy later. She was so cute.

 Ani was the angel

 These are the Wise People. ;)

 Sophie loved baby Jesus

 This holiday season I wanted to perfect my apple pie recipe so over the course of November and December I made the same recipe and tweaked it about 6 or 7 times. This was the final masterpiece, including a doubled crumb topping. It was delicious.

 Dad got me MTA subway stop socks!

 Mom loved Wizard of Oz UNO.

 Listening to the ocean in a shell that Sam got.

 Bella's reaction to the purse I got her. So cute!

 Sam got me a pair of onsie pajamas. I used Sophie's donkey ears from the nativity the night before to complete my outfit. 

 Ok, I love my nieces and I think they're the cutest. What can I say?

Impromptu photo shoot with the sibs.

Playing Bananagrams. I love Sophie's hat and the expression on her face.

What a great trip! I got to see lots of friends and family and loved every minute. Laura, Ani and I even did Bikram Yoga one morning. Can't wait to see my family again. We live too far away from each other.