After a lovely Christmas eve and Christmas morning brunch with the Portland peeps, Mr C and I left for sunny California to spend time with Paige and her family in San Mateo.

Our drive to Ashland was uneventful, but we saw the most awesome cloud formations.

There was snow in the hills around Ashland and as we headed south the next morning, we were greeted with the lovely site of snow covered trees.

The roads were clear and we made it to San Mateo by mid afternoon yesterday. We gave Paige an American Girl Bitty Baby and she is a great little mommy.

We went out for Japanese food last night and this morning hit the mall so Jayme could do some exchanges. Paige dressed as a butterfly for the trip.

At some point she ran out of energy and sat and rested while Mom and Dad looked at shoes.

We have had a good time reading to her and doing puzzles.

Mark has quite the garden in their backyard and brought these in for us to enjoy.

I guess you know you are in CA when you are picking the last of the tomatoes in December.