Paradise by the sea

That's the name of the trailer park Here in Carlsbad. Amazing last minute deal Heidi found. Steps away from the ocean and a cool park. Great spot to spend New Years.

Christmas

Christmas with the Schwartz family minus east coast schwartz's and Brian and Debi

Merry Christmas

Woke up at the crack of dawn to rip into the presents

San Francisco

Palace Hotel and Yerba Buena Park

Aquarium and fun in Monterey

Cold and raining but we managed to squeeze in some fun

Renaissance Resort

Waiting for Heidi's caroling to begin we stopped at the fancy resorts in Indian Wells. No shortage of holiday spirit here. Looking forward to seeing the new Star Wars movie this evening.

Chess tournament

Our logical-mathematical logic smart son Won 3rd place! Won all 5 games and was a good sport. Parents and brother are proud.

Finished Project

Been working hard to complete this final project for my class. Heidi was a huge help in editing and making sense of it all.  I appreciate her putting up with my grumpy attitude at times, but in the end we created a great final project.  Check it out at http://differentiated-instruction2.blogspot.com/

Christmas tree

Our first tree in our new house. Hopefully the cats won't rip off all the ornaments or fry themselves on the lights.

Stockings hung

Looked on Amazon for stocking holders and they were $20 with bad reviews. My homemade version didn't put holes in the mental and can take the weight of 4 filled stockings. My secret is rocks in the Christmas tree and coins in the cup. Got the wire basket from a drawer in the kitchen. Bet nobody else has a stocking mantel holder as unique as this.  Heidi says this contraption would look perfect in the trailer.

My class

Great group this year! Happy to be their teacher. Missing a few kids in this picture. Finally the weather is just perfect.