And..... we are finally back to updating the blog. Again Dad is falling off the pace here. The holidays are busy. Give me a break in the holiday spirit :).
As many of you know Cadel is a lucky little one as he gets to celebrate Hannukah and Christmas. We'll go over Hannukah first then Christmas.
For Cadel's first Hannukah he and Dad drove up to Redding with Scarlett (the dog). Both Cadel and Scarlett were very good on the long rainy drive. We stopped once for each which was just fine. When he wasn't sleeping Cadel was happy to watch the countryside roll on by. Such a good kid.
Mom was not with us because a couple days before hand she left for Bend Oregon and Cyclocross Nationals. She joined us in Redding after racing on Friday December 12th in the Masters 30-35 catagory. Impressive enough that she was racing six months after having a child. But if you add that the race course was covered in snow and it was about 12 degrees outside at race time you realize what a tough cookie Cadel has for a Mommy.
Back to Redding. We arrived at Savta and Dave's house in the late afternoon just before the cold and dark started to settle in. It was nice to get inside the warm house at that piont. Sun down the day we arrived was the first night of Hannukah (the picture above). Savta, Cadel and I lit candels in the same menorah Savta and I used to lite candels in when I was a little boy. Very cool I think.
The next day Savta wanted to drive around and show off her grandson. Who wouldn't? We made three stops and Cadel was great the whole time. Soon after we got home we left again to pick up Mom. She headed back from National a day early to spend more time with the family. That night another family joined us for Hannukah dinner complete with latkes and kugel. Very tasty.
A very nice visit to Redding. Even Scarlett had a great time as she played endlessly with Bubba (their dog) in the front yard all weekend.
Next is the Christmas post!
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