California McMillans

The Rattaros had a lighting ceremony at their home in the Woodlands.  There were over 300 people there.  My favorite part was the HO scale layout in the garage next door.   Mrs. Rattaro, Parker's teacher  

I dropped off Scott in San Francisco to head to Hawaii and came home excited about Thanksgiving break.  I really miss October break from our Brentwood school schedule.  The weather was AMAZING and I wanted to take advantage of it.  I told the kids to pack a change of clothes and toothbrushes and we were heading to the beach.  I originally wanted to go to Pismo because the weather was close to 80 and a city I am familiar with.  I decided to check monterey's weather which is significantly closer and had the same weather, which is unreal.  I was so excited.  We got to the beach in less than 2 hours, played in the glorious sunshine and waves.  It was an amazing beach day!  The kids loved to run in and out of the waves and catch sand crabs.  The sand crabs were huge.  A seal kept coming up to where we were playing which was so fun.  The sun started to get covered around 3:30 and they were ready to check into the hotel.  We got there and enjoyed fun in the pool and spa. Went back to get