Joy To The World

Another Christmas in the books...
Christmas Eve was so much fun at Aunt Marilyn's...Keith, Catherine, and Gregory performed an impressive U2 Christmas song, Austin picked up the tamborine, adding a little something to the song's percussion...

Mom led some traditional carols, while Avery performed a bit of an interpretive dance...

...everyone participated in the second annual, very entertaining, "12 Days of Christmas" sing-along...


...and Aunt Debbie conducted a really entertaining gift exchange game with the kids...

Christmas Day with the Allevatos was at Angela's house and Tony surprised me by showing up with Daisy in a Christmas sweater...so cute!!

and William entertained us with his new saxaphone that Santa brought him...

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Uncle Fran and Aunt Cherie's Christmas Party is a highlight of the Holiday Season each year...Billy truly outdid himself with the outdoor lights and decorations...Santa will have no trouble finding THAT house! Such a fun night visiting with family and friends...only a few more days 'till Christmas!!! Hooray!!!

Go, Kings, Go!

When Tony went to Moscow this past summer, he brought me back a beautiful mink hat. Now, living in LA, you can imagine how hard it is to find an occassion to wear such an accessory...well, last night, the temperature dipped into the 40's and we were going to the Kings' game, so it was a perfect excuse to break out the hat! Okay, maybe not perfect, but it was reason enough for me! Bailey the Mascot tried to swipe it from my head and put it on his own, but I was not about to let my hat hair be seen, so I took a picture with him instead! The Kings lost in overtime, but it was a really great game and a fun night.

Christmas Rocks!!!

Everyone came out to watch Gregory's Chorale and Dance Christmas Program...a really impressive show!!!

The Finale...

13.1 Miles

Cat and I ran in the City of Angels Half Marathon yesterday...so glad I did it, but WOW am I in pain today...it was a perfect day for it in terms of weather and Coach Cat did a great job of getting us ready for the run, plotting out various courses for us to train with over the past two months.

The race course was great - not too many hills, but some great scenery!

As you might suspect, Cat smoked me, but I pretty much held my 10-minute-per-mile pace, so I was happy with that...

Catherine Lima 1:51:36
Carly Lima 2:11:43

Here's Cat crossing the Finish Line...


And me a "few" minutes later...




The whole gang came out to support us and Tony and Daisy even ran with me for about a quarter mile of the last stretch!

I had to include this picture as well because it is so funny how the guy on the right accidentally walked into the picture right as Doug took it, but it totally looks like he was posed, standing next to Paul!


After the race, we all went to the Grove for brunch, stopping to take a quick pic in front of Santa's Workshop


Later that night, we met up with Erin and Grandma at Taste of Texas so we could hear all about Paul and Erin's Aussie Adventures...next time you see Erin, be sure to ask her about the "salties" and the "freshies" (crocodiles)!