December 2010 in SOCAL

Stacia just hangn'
Sweet Girl! So Happy!
Doheny Tide Pools
Starfish
Landon and a crab
Tide Pooln'
Got Crabs?
Doheny Sunset
Landon and Stacia at Doheny
a dead Octopus

Gotta PEEEEE
San Juan Creek
Ginn home
Milli and the LOLO
Jeff
Stacia and Landon
Stacia
Bobby Ginn Fam Fall 2010
Cindi and David Dec 25 2010

On Saturday we had Thanksgiving dinner at Cindi;s with Julia , Miriam, Christina, Jonathan
Cindi David, Jeff, Ed and Marie a nice family get together Oh I can' remember te babies name!
Someone please help remind me!
Grandma Julio feeding the reluctant Baby

Miriam (loco-Loco) holding Christina's baby

A turkey pillow on Cindi's couch

David tries to be helpful
A lovely table set for the Turkey


Cindi works hard to set up things for Thanksgiving in Spain

Cindi and Mom at Parchessii

Terassa city art and Jeff
A walk in the Terassa neighborhood with Jeff.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Jazz Game!

Brett Webb gave us Jazz tix. Thanks Brett and Thanks Benders for coming along at the last minute!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GINA GINN
IT MUST BE NICE TO FINALLY
BE 29
I WISH I COULD KEEP MY YOUTH AS WELL AS YOU
DO!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GINA GINN
IT MUST FEEL GREAT
TO FINALLY BE
29
I WISH I COULD KEEP MY YOUTH
LIKE YOU DO!

On our last day in Madrid we attended a session at the Madrid Temple. We also did some sealings in Spanish and that was a different experience.
This was an artsy picture of Marie and Cindi at the side of the temple and thru the fountain waters.

A full view of the temple with Cindi and Dad

How the temple looks as you approch it from the Metro

Cindi and Jeff on the metro on the way to the temple
When we finished the temple and our days in Madrid we flew to Barcelona,

View of the Madrid Cathederal from the palace courtyard. They didn't like people sitting at the base of the lamp posts so we took this pic and moved on quickly.

Ed sitting on the lamppost in the court yard of the palace.

Tourist information center in the Plaza de Madrid. Ed, Marie and Jeff
The view from the Palace terrace overlooking the hills around the captol city of Madrid


The virgin Mary of Madrid in front of the Cathederal of Madrid. The faithfull buy flowers for her back drop. After all the pomp and circumstance the Virgin his carried through the streets and then returns to the Cathederal to wait for her ride the next year.

Mounted guards leaving the ceremony

Elite Spanish police anf their unusual hats (hats are left over from the FRANCO era)

Changing of the horse mounted guards at noon.

Ed and Jeff in front of hourseman guarding the castle

Ed and Marie w palace in the background
The Royal Palace in Madrid. It Is still used by the King and Queen of Spain for Official events

This set is from the city of Toledo. About 60 mils southeast of Madrid. A very unique old city.
Set on a hill it was once the Capital of Spain.

This is the owner and Grand pa Ed standing in the sales and display area of the sword shop.
about ten ft wide by 30 feet long. Behind the door is the shop -factory- It was a real delight to find this place and to have the owner be so kind to us.

The shop work bench about 25 feet long and just as cluttered as mine!
An Uncle (I believe) working on short sword by hand
This gentleman was the owner and very graciously let us tour the small shop for making swords in the rear of his store.
Part of the shop equipment. I thought that since Toledo was once a sword producer to the world that we would find large factories. Not so
right at closing time we found this little sword factory. Family run for years.