Okay, Here are some photos to tell you what the Alvords have been up to.
He was a Transformer for Halloween. His class had a little parade for the rest of the classes. He got a lot of compliments on his costume, which Ben made! We went to the mall and around the neighborhood later that night.
We visited the Steinbeck Museum in Salinas, they even had a treasure hunt for kids. Its a great place with tons of information on that great author. We had lunch nearby and then we headed to a Christmas tree farm to cut our tree. Sorry this picture is not good at all.
This is Dallas’ first school picture. I can’t believe how grown he looks in it! They also gave him an ID card which he refers to as his ‘credit card’ 
This is at Dave and Holly’s holiday party that we went to last weekend. It was great to catch up with them, we met Dave when we first moved to California and we also attended their wedding this summer.
That’s about it for now, we’ve been working on our little Christmas traditions and having a nice time. Also, this coming Wednesday is a very special day for our family and I’ll blog about it as well. Merry Christmas everyone!
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Amy Alvord
December 24, 2011 at 10:40 am
Merry Christmas, Sis. We sure miss you guys and have thought a lot about you this week. Love the pictures–looks like you guys are having a lot of fun. I think that’s pretty funny about Dallas and a credit card. Fun. And Scary
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Ben could make a whole lot of moolah producing those transformer costumes. Jake wants one…
angi williamson
December 27, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Great pictures. Your hair is sooo long. Dang we need to catch up.