kc, John Michael and I were very happy that Billy joined us for Christmas this year. We had great weather and, in addition to our Christmas Day celebration we went mountain biking at Mt. Laguna, found a way to hang our car cargo box in the garage, went to the skatepark a few times, went to a neighborhood Christmas Eve party across the canyon, played Disc Golf and played some dominoes.

John Michael got his dream present, a custom scooter built around a Raymond Warner signature deck. The deck was signed by Raymond, who also sent a personalized poster and stickers. John Michael got all his wished-for components in separate gifts. He was really stumped as to how Santa was able to get him a titanium handlebar from “The Vault Pro Scooters”! He must have at least one elf there. John Michael also wanted to build the scooter himself, so with Billy and I standing by he did so. We ran into a bit of a hitch getting the handlebars installed, but after The Vault opened we learned to trick to that. So John Michael slept with the built scooter without the bars the first night and with the whole thing ever since!

One other photo that needs describing is the Rasta man instructing John Michael at the disc golf course. This guy offered to teach him to throw better and gave him a lesson in standing, arm motion and the technique of “Clear your mind” just before throwing, all while his boom box was jamming out Reggae! Surprisingly, getting seriously baked is not a requisite disc golf skill!