Keeping Warm at the Mission Inn...Again!

This is a kind of mis-matched post, but I'll start with the scarf that I just knit Sammy. Feeling guilty that I haven't started Travis' blanket (I knit one for Sammy when I was pregnant) I figured to get back into it, I would start with a small project by knitting Sammy a little scarf. It turned out cute, now the only challenge is having her wear it. I think it's weird to her to have something so thick around her neck...but I did end up getting her to wear it a little bit. She calls it a "warm"...because I told her that "Mommy wears a scarf to keep warm"! Too cute!
Here was the starts of it...

Ahhh...my favorite knitting book, I'm self taught mostly! I think I just love the book name too!

These are the colors for Travis' blanket! Now I just have to bust open the skeins and get a go on it!

This picture is random...but for Genn! For my birthday she gave me a new scarf, which I LOVE!!! She is my fashion expert and says that purple is the "it" color for winter...I agree! Thank you, thank you! I love my "warm"! We actually went to Rancho Cucamonga (spelling?) on Saturday night to look at this amazing street called Thouroughbread St. It's a street that EVERYONE decorates their houses to the max! It was really fun to walk around with Sammy this year, since most years Joe and I have just driven through! I totally recommend it to everyone though, it is a sight to see!

I tried to take a picture of the lights, but this doesn't even begin to show the extent of what these people do on their street!

So...to the Mission Inn part! We went to the Mission Inn again this Monday night and it was so nice because it was far less busy! This is a picture of Sammy and her finished scarf! Isn't she stylish???

She was excited to drink out of a big girl cup from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf...definitely her Mommy's girl! I think she just loved the Hot cocoa that came out of it!

Hot chocolate kisses, the best!

Amazing all the lights they put on the place...Joe and I always try to figure out where they get all the power from...imagine all the extension cords that are hidden around the place!

This time we went inside and walked around a bit too! Just a beautiful as the outside!

My impressive husband and his photojournalism! Not too bad!

So now I am looking forward to our next trip this Friday with Genn and Jake, Sammy's friend Hannah, and their precious little girl Claire! I am also hoping that one of these times we do the carriage ride...I think Sammy would love it!