Although the crowd was small there was no food lacking. We woke up, prepared some food and then just snacked on food all day. We had a few friends stop in for visits and spent the rest of the day with family. Ellie helped my mom prepare crab, the girls had homemade Christmas dresses made by my mom, we exchanged gifts early on in the evening and overall it was a great day.
In the past few years we have gone completely overboard on Christmas. This year I really planned out exactly what I would get for the girls and stuck to it. Everything went over perfectly. The last minute whoopie cushion stocking stuffer was definitely a crowd favorite. They were both broken by the end of the day.
We headed out the Uncle Ross's the next day, we went for a short hike and enjoyed the beautiful green scenery.
Jared got to Salinas 5 days after I did and hadn't seen the ocean yet so we made our obligatory trip to the coast and the wharf for some calamari. It was a beautiful but cold day at Asilomar beach. The girls played in the sand, got their feet wet and we tried out our new binoculars. We caught a few crazy surfers out in the cold water. We strolled the wharf, ate calamari, the girls ate french fries and we spotted a few sea lions. It was a beautiful day on the bay.
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