Family Time

Matt took some time off this holiday and although we don't go on vacations, we manage to get in some fun family activities. It is our tradition to go to the Los Angeles Temple every year and look at the Christmas lights. This year, the visitor's center is closed, which is a little dissappointing since they usually have several trees decorated in fun and creative ways. We have added a new tradition to this tradition in the last few years - we get dinner at Tito's tacos....YUMMMMM!!

We also had a chance to go to the Getty Museum. As Kendall would say, it was so, so, so, so cold out that day. The museum and grounds were beautiful. I could do without all the 17th century furniture, pottery, etc. This is what I go to see:



and this:



Something about a Van Gogh, Pissaro, Cezanne, Degas, Khnopff etc. just speaks to me. Also, I loved the "family room" where we got to write on the walls (in dry erase marker) like the monks wrote in their beautiful books. Here is what Kendall wrote, which was my favorite:




And finally, here is what Matt likes to call the "I'll Build You A Rainbow" family picture since I am never in the pictures (too bad we didn't name Jared "Jamie").