Preparing for the Holidays/ホリデイ季節の準備

Madison officially began her Xmas Break today (preschool is closed tomorrow), one day before her Mommy and Daddy, so Chris and Grace are being kind enough to come over tomorrow morning and watch Madison until I (Dave) can get home from my silly half-day around 1:00pm.
今日からマディソンのクリスマス休暇が始まりました。でもママとパパはもう一日仕事があるので明日は大好きなクリスとグレースが家に来てマディソンのお子守りをしてくれる予定です：）

Anna and I have felt like this last week has just dragged on, but now we can definitely see the light of a nice break coming up. We are looking forward to celebrating Christmas on Saturday as a family and then looking forward to my parents coming to visit the following Wednesday, with 2nd Christmas scheduled for Thursday :-)
僕とアンナはこの最後の週がとっても長ーく感じていたけど、やっともうすぐ週末が来るのがとっても嬉しくてワクワクしています。土曜日に家族３人でクリスマスをした後、来週の水曜日には僕の両親が到着し木曜日にはクリスマスの第２弾：）

With my break extending until the 9th it worked out well for my parents to start their visits with my brother Jim's family in Idaho and then fly down here and stay until after the New Year. Anna will also be able to take a few days in between the days she already gets off so we are really excited!!
僕のクリスマス休暇が９日までのため僕の両親はまず最初にアイダホ州にいる弟の家族とクリスマスを過ごしそして新年は僕達と過ごす計画をちょうど良く立てる事が出来ました!!

Some recent pics:最近の写真：

A week or so ago, when I took Anna to a restaurant in Downtown Long Beach, Madison got to practice her sugar cookie frosting skills with her friend Liam...
１週間前頃にアンナのだいぶ遅れた誕生日デートをする事が出来ました。ダウンタウンロングビーチに住んでいるムーニー家にマディソンのお子守りを頼んで。リアムとマディソンはクッキーの飾り付けを十分楽しんでいるみたい...
That method makes a fun design...
フロスティングを舐めて面白い模様を作るマディソン...

Lastly Madison catches up on some ZZZs as she knows the Holidays will be hectic :-)
遊び疲れてサングラスを付けたまま寝てしまったマディソン：）

Bonus Video: A few Saturdays ago, when I had class, Anna was able to finally make it to the ultimate frisbee that one of the Elders of our church organizes one Saturday a month...while there, our minister's daughter was kind enough to watch Madison so Anna could play.
２、３週間前に教会の人達とフリスビーフットボールをして遊んだんだけど、その間マディソンと一緒に遊んでくれたとっても優しいサブリナちゃん。きっと良いママになるだろうなー：）