Happy 2010!

Hello everyone! We hope you had a fabulous holiday season! It looks like we are still recovering since we are so behind in updating our family blog =). Jason's parents came out here this year for Christmas which was a first for them. It was so nice to have them here to celebrate with us. We went over to my sister Devona's on Christmas Eve for a big party celebration including a ton of scrumptious Mexican food, pinatas and a visit from Santa! On Christmas Day we had both of our parents and Devona's family over. We weren't sure if we could do it but we squeezed 12 people in our kitchen for dinner! Since this was our last Christmas in Sacramento it was very special that we were able to host Christmas for our families. The day after Christmas we took a road trip to Monterey with Jason's parents. The kids loved the aquarium and staying at a hotel for the night =). Here are some photos from the holidays:

At Auntie Devona's House:

Anna with "Chico"

Maddie and Anna with Chico

Ben with Grandpa Jim

Anna after receiving her bag of presents from Santa

Ben with Grandpa Lee attempting to break open the pinata

Anna with a piece of the broken pinata on her head

Christmas Day at our house:

Anna and Ben at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Outside of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Kids with Grandpa and Grandma Rasmussen

Anna and Ben in Grandpa and Grandma's hotel room

Ben in his element at home. He loves balls -- can you tell?

Princess Anna =)
Jason giving Ben a hair cut! Ben did quite well!
Future Cal cheerleader? I guess we need to trade this uniform in for a UK cheer leading uniform instead!