Christmas Break has come and gone but we had such a nice time with the family. On Christmas morning, Jes went over to Jason and Jia’s to start the roast. They used a blowtorch to brown the outside (as recommended by Thomas Keller himself) and the twins had a front row seat to all the action.

Then the grandparents came over and the kids had fun playing with them.

Jes made his tasty standing rib roast complete with all the fixings. These are the Yorkshire pudding pop-overs. Yum.

We also managed to get a family photo with everyone looking at the camera!! Too bad Peanut smudged the lens and I didn’t bother to check until AFTER the photo was taken. Oh well.

The rest of the week was spent just hanging out with the family.

KK and Alice got lots of play time together. They can play for hours now with hardly any tears.

KK spent an afternoon with Jes’ parents while Peanut napped and had fun catching fish and baking cookies.

Peanut got a bunch of new outfits for Christmas including this handsome ensemble.

KK also went out to breakfast with my parents on her own while Mama and Peanut slept in.

One evening, we had dinner with my side of the family.  I love these traditions. It always starts with a Thai feat and ends with a frenzy of presents for the kids.

One morning, I wasn’t feeling well and the house didn’t have electricity so the kids went out for a walk at the mall while I slept.  It’s so nice to have family around to help.

We got to take KK to see Moana while Peanut went to a party with my mom and dad. Parts of the movie were funny and others were so scary they made her cry. Fortunately, she was able to stay in the theater the whole time. It’s an improvement from her first movie (Finding Dory) when she actually had to walk out of the theater and come back in with a lot of coaxing.

We also took KK and Peanut to Knott’s Berry Farm for the first time. Unfortunately, it was extra crowded that day and the lines were horribly long.

We did, however, got some photos with Snoopy – even Santa Snoopy!!

On our last day, we had a full day to spend with the family before driving through the night.

These funny kids loved the dry ice that comes out of the mixers at Creamistry.

Here’s our annual family photo. Can’t wait to add Brother’s new baby girl to the photo next time!!

As usual, we got a photo of the kids with the grandparents in front of my childhood home.

Before heading out, we had dinner with Jes’ family. We got a cute photo of the kids with their Uncle Jason. So sweet.

The drive back was pretty quick. We left at about 7:30pm and the kids passed out right away. The only scary part was thick fog that we encountered mid-way through the drive. The visibility was poor and we had to drive 40 mph for a good 8-mile stretch. Luckily, it didn’t last the whole way and we were home by 1:40am. Not too shabby.