Christmas in California, Part 8--Hanging out at home

We had lots of good times just hanging out at Matt and Cheryl's house together.  The kids really enjoyed their time playing together.  There was lots of  "playing school" going on, with Miss Josie as the teacher most of the time.  And her two students, Jeremiah and Evan, were not always the most obedient.  Occasionally they even needed to have notes sent home!  There was lots of outdoor time, too, which was really a treat for the two Michigan kids!

These pictures were taken over the course of the week, but I think a lot of them were taken on Thursday, which was Ben's last day there.  He made one last trip to In 'n Out Burger to pick up his lunch, which he even shared with Hope.

Uncle Ben and Hope--Buddies!

Matt and the boys decided to harvest the fruit from the lemon trees on Thursday. Jeremiah was quite impressed with the whole process of picking the lemons, and then juicing them.  And  they even made some lemonade!

That's a lot of lemons!

The juicing crew

Working hard!

Father and son doing some dishes
 

This little girl LOVED playing outside!

Playing frisbee with Uncle Ben

Evan getting some love from his uncle and aunt

One more pic of these two

We had a great dinner Thursday night---we had steak grilled by Adam and some really yummy roasted potatoes.  After dinner we had a fire in the back yard and made s'mores.  This picture is probably too dark, but I'll give it a try.

That's Neil and Abby, barely visible

Story time with Uncle Ben, "Dragons love

Tacos" of course. 

Then it was time to say good-bye to Ben--he had a red-eye flight back to Chicago that night.  It was said to see our time all together coming to a close.

Next post:  Knotts Berry Farm