Xmas 2007 Part Three!!!

Before Christmas we went down to Draper and had dinner with Shannen and Jared and his girlfriend, Willie. It was a fun evening but I didn't get any pictures!! I will post a couple of pictures of the two of them in the next post.

On Christmas afternoon Shannen drove up in the fresh fallen snow to spend some time with all of us. Here she is with her daddy. His new San Diego Chargers hat is on his knee. He wore it during the playoff games but it didn't help on the last game and that was too bad!! They should have gone to the super bowl instead of those Giants. Oh well... Next year.

Here Shannen is on the new Wearing toy with Scott. Looks like fun if it wasn't so cold!!!!


The day after Christmas we went home and brought Shannen with us to spend the week. One of the places she really wanted to go was the beach so we headed down there. The day we went was sunny but cold and WINDY!! We were getting sandblasted the whole time we were there. We didn't stay long there!! At least she could say she put her toes into the ocean.

Shannen and Daddy trying to smile and not eat too much sand!!

After we left Mugu Rock Beach we drove down the Pacific Coast Highway for awhile. We ended up going back up Malibu Canyon Road and heading out to the King Gillette Ranch. http://web.venturacountystar.com/special/2007/07/soka/soka.html

As windy as it was at the beach and at home it was surprising how wonderfully calm it was there. This is a beautiful piece of land with the old Gillette House on it. King Gillette was the man that started Gillette Razors. The land has been though several hands since it was build. The last being Soka Universary. The park system just reopened it so there is a lot of work to be done but I like how quiet and peaceful it is. You can't go into the house but can walk all around it.

Shannen by one of the sycamore trees by the lake.

One of the other days we went up to the Stagecoach Inn in Newbury Park. Shannen wanted to go back up there and see if the Ghost Pierre showed up. I think she thought he did. This is his room. You can read about him here and then check out the rest of the museum site. If you haven't been there it is a grand house and fun to visit.

http://www.stagecoachmuseum.org/html/pierre.html

When we got home from the Inn Heather and Ethan and Evan and Roxy the dog stopped by for a visit. Here everyone is. They were able to stay for dinner and we had great fun talking and laughing. It was the perfect ending to the Xmas season.

Shannen flew home and Paul and I took the rest of the week to rest up from all our adventures!!