Belle and Abby
The biggest best Christmas tree!!
The bow on Belle is off of one of my presents, Ha!
Baby Belle!!
Belle and Zoe excited about some of their new toys!
Belle’s stocking was FULL
Helping Belle open her gifts
Mouth Full, loving her stocking!!
Belle and Zoe
Anxiously awaiting….
Dressed for the Party
Belle, Lucie and Abby exhausted after a full day of Xmas Eve events
Mer, me and Marit post run! Reid ran too, but he had to take the pic
The biggest best Christmas tree!!
The bow on Belle is off of one of my presents, Ha!
Baby Belle!!
Belle and Zoe excited about some of their new toys!
Kate and Alec Swanson, the twins
Belle’s stocking was FULL
Helping Belle open her gifts
Mouth Full, loving her stocking!!
Melissa (my step mom in law, the nicest person) and Kate
Belle and Zoe
Anxiously awaiting….
Dressed for the Party
Belle, Lucie and Abby exhausted after a full day of Xmas Eve events
Hope everyone is having a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Reid, Belle and I are in the San Diego area in Rancho Santa Fe. It is so beautiful down here, we are having tons of fun with Reid’s family. Yesterday we met up with Meredith and Marit for a good run. To finish off a great morning we went to my fav coffee place – Coffee Bean and Katya joined us too LOVED IT!
LOVED IT! Mer, me and Marit post run! Reid ran too, but he had to take the pic 
At coffee after the run
Today has been another super day. We woke up to Reid’s half brother and sister (11 year old fraternal twins) all excited and giddy to open presents. It was such a fun time opening gifts, laughing, watching all the dogs (Abby, Belle, Lucie, and Zoe) pull all the fun toys out of their stockings, and taking some adorable pics of them. Then we had the perfect Christmas breakfast, Reid’s step mom makes the absolute BEST meals ever. We had homemade scones, scrambled eggs, lots of fresh fruit and cinnamon rolls, YUM! And freshly squeezed orange juice! Absolutely delicious. Of course we had to work off our breakfast so we went for a LONG walk on their golf course with all the dogs
Happy Holidays!!
Me and Katya at coffee, post run for me, K joined just for coffee
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20 Comment(s)
Anonymous said:
LOVE the pics, ALL of them!!
Jen said:
Love the photos! I could just kiss Belle…she is so pretty! Merry Xmas!!
Bruce Stewart (施樸樂) (ブルース・スチュワート) said:
The three dogs on the bed reminds me of England. They will always find the most comfortable spot to rest on, and they will no doubt end up on the bed even if they know they should be sleeping somewhere else. Happy Christmas. It’s basically over for us in Taiwan, but at least we have two new years to look forward to.
Marit Chrislock-Lauterbach said:
Great holiday pictures!! I had such a great time with you guys on the run, and the house was beautiful! Looking forward to the next time you guys are down here, or we’re up there!
Nat said:
Looks like super fun times
Benson said:
wonderful pictures.
I like all the smiles.
even the dogs seem to be smiling.
Mel said:
Love all the pics E…got your card today…LOVED IT!!! and like always my kids are in love with Belle:) xoxo
Matty said:
You all are amazingly beautiful!
Lisa G said:
Aww the dogs are all so cute! Sounds like you had a super-fun day! Merry Christmas!
Mer! said:
Awesome pics!! I agree with Marit–the house was gorgeous and…all that food smelled so good, I thought about hiding in the backyard and showing up later to eat all of it =0.
You looked gorgeous in your dress, sounds like the party and all the festivities were really fun!
LOVE all the dogs on the bed, they were SO cute!!
So great to meet you and excited for next time to hang out!!! My email is: mtrowbridge@mac.com for he pictures, stay tuned for the same pictures to appear on my blog..hehe!!!
HUGS!!
Samantha said:
E! Thank you so much for the xmas card!!! looks like you had a great day! My mom and my aunt’s dog had more in their stocking than anyone else. haha. ttyl!!!
Anonymous said:
Absolutely amazing pictures. Reid and you are such beautiful people. Belle too! The whole family looks stunning!
GoBigGreen said:
Hi Eileen: Thanks for the comment:) I have stalked your blog and know how adoreable Belle is! And you too!
Living in MN I often like to see pics of folks outside (green grass, oceans…) and since I * Heart * La Jolla/San Diego it has been fun to read your recent posts about running with Marit etc..
Take care, and happy holidays!
Julia
rr said:
E – looks like such a wonderful christmas!! I’m jealous, I love SD in Dec.. it’s so perfectly cool and gorgeous. And speaking of gorgeous, you are such a beautiful family! Happy new year!!!
Jennifer Cunnane said:
Glad to hear you had such a great Christmas! I love the photos and so fun to see you all enjoying yourself. Everyone’s posts about puppies now makes me want to have one!
Jennifer Harrison said:
Love the new look of the blog, E! The XMas pics are great – always odd for me to see sun & nice weather for Xmas…but I am just jealous (well, everyday except Christmas Day!). Happy 2009!
Steve Stenzel said:
Looks like you had a good one! Happy New Year!!
Damie said:
hey girl:) you have had great holidays!!!!
)))) I think Roo and Cayenne got more presents than Dave and I- it is fun to see them get excited over toys too!
Melissa said:
I love your photos and it sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas!
Your party dress is great!
juliemac said:
Great photos!! I love seeing all the presents for the dogs- awesome!
Glad you enjoyed your time with family and friends.
I do have to say I am a bit envious of your warm running weather.
Here in MN, I am ready to run without worrying about ice and snow!
But, not ready to hang up the XC skis?? sounds like I need a warm climate training vacation!