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California part 2

January 23, 2024

After walking up and down Rodeo, the boys really wanted to venture over to some sneaker stores so we headed to Melrose Avenue to check out Cool Kicks. It was…cool.

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And look what they had! The reverse grinches! In Spencer’s size too!

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We then walked up and down the area – lots of vintage stores.

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Samantha’s face here tells you what you need to know about the musty smell!

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I can’t say I loved seeing this display of “vintage” New Kids shirts considering this was my first concert and I definitely had that Jordan shirt. Guess I’m vintage now!

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This was cool though!

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We then made it back to the hotel for a little coke break…

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before getting dressed up for an early bird NYE dinner!

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We had dinner at Mastro’s Steakhouse and it was excellent! Like I said, Maxwell thoroughly enjoyed his meal – which consisted of a Japanese A5 Wagyu steak! He ate every single bite!

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Samantha had – what else? – mac & cheese!

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Spencer had steak and then somehow ended up with an entire bowl of whipped cream in front of him for dessert. He wasn’t complaining – and no one was complaining about the butter cake!

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After dinner, Robert and Spencer figured out they won their fantasy league! Woohoo!

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Icing on the cake to end a fantastic meal! We then wandered back to the hotel taking in the sights along the way.

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A fantastic end to a fantastic 2023! We made the most of the year and cannot wait to see what 2024 brings!!

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California

January 22, 2024

On December 30th, we hopped a Southwest flight through Houston and landed in Burbank later that day. We made out way to LA and were happy to check into the Beverly Hilton!

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We got settled and made our way to Santa Monica for dinner at Lobster.

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Let’s just say Maxwell thoroughly enjoyed all of the fancy meals he had over break between Paris and California! He looooves some lobster!

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We then walked down the Santa Monica pier…

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It was then back to the hotel for needed sleep before a full day in LA on New Year’s Eve! We were ready to explore the next morning!

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We got brunch and then headed to Rodeo Drive to check things out.

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Samantha’s favorite store was Kitson and she found lots of things to add to her birthday list!

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More LA Monday!

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Longest long weekend ever

January 19, 2024

California pics to come but have to document our 3 day weekend turned 7 day weekend! School was cancelled last Friday because of a thunderstorm that never materialized, they then had Monday off for MLK day, then Tuesday was cancelled because we were covered in ice, and then Wednesday cancelled as well after all that ice melted and refroze! The kids were loving it and I was too. I love having all my babies at home.

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(Yes, our tree is still up. I’m not mad at my procrastination this year as I loved having it up while stuck at home!)

What’s been even nicer is that Robert has been working from home too. No one I’d rather be stuck with in an ice storm – and stuck with for 16 years!

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Happy anniversary Robert. I love you and our busy, crazy, awesome life!

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Christmas Day

January 17, 2024

After all the fun of Christmas morning, we had everyone over to the house for a wonderful meal and lots more presents! It was nice to have the whole Brown fam – plus GJ! – together.

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The very merriest of Christmas days!!

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Christmas morning

January 16, 2024

We were up early Christmas morning and were happy to see that Santa stopped by!

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Everyone had fun inspecting their loot!

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Lululemon!

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Flying LOL!

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But the most fun was when they gave each other presents – or really when Maxwell gave out his presents. He got very into the act of giving this year and it was fun to see.

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Samantha was pretty pumped about her new kicks from Maxwell!

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And Spencer was really excited to get his gift – which was going to be EXTRA cool had a real life Grinch not stolen the Nike Grinch shoes off of our porch while we were in Paris! Ugh. But, we handled it, got a refund from Nike, and Spencer got a promise to get his shoes whenever we found them!

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Of course, opening GJ’s present is always fun! Samantha’s face – haha!

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And even though we told the kids that Paris was their big present for the year, Robert and I had one last trick up our sleeve.

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You see, Robert’s got a bucket list and one thing on that list was to see Alabama play in the Rose Bowl. How could we not?! California or bust!!! A very merry Christmas morning for sure!

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