Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Thankgiving is a Treat!!

We LOVE our annual trip to California for Thanksgiving!! It's our last hoorah of sunshine for several months...while we were there this year I just kept driving with the windows down trying to soak in all the sunshine and warmth that I could (which was easy to do when it was 80 degrees outside!). What a great week!

We got to see Travis and Katie's family on Saturday and Sunday...and then they headed out to be with Katie's family. We were glad to see them while we could...Bryton is getting SO big! Besides, we would have missed out Travis's mustache...which would have been devastating!



While I went and had my make-up done, Jake took the kids to watch Mackenzie and Garrett's soccer games! They had a blast hanging out with their cousins!



On Monday we took the kids to Knott's Berry Farm! It was the perfect choice...not too big, not too small! Lots of roller coasters for the big kids (and Jake) and smaller rides for Spencer and Audree (although Spencer was bummed he couldn't go on more of the big rides!). Karlee and Rylee loved "Old Rickety" the wood coaster, Spencer loved the race cars at Camp Snoopy, Audree loved "Jaguar" the roller coaster and Daddy loved the "Xcelerator". There were also lots of rides we could go on as a whole family...which is best of all! Then Grandma GiGi and Grandpa met us for a chicken dinner afterwards. What a day!







Thanksgiving Day was great...Daddy went surfing in the morning and we all hung out in our jammies cooking up a storm! I was in charge of the orange rolls...as usual! The kids helped Grandma GiGi make cupcakes. We ate at my cousin Julie Goodman's house. The kids loved it because they had a ping-pong table, Spencer loved their bunny "Hopper"...he chased it al afternoon trying to feed it carrots! After the big feast the kids walked to the nearby park and played. It was a great day!


One afternoon Brooke came over and gave all the little girls make-overs...they LOVED it! Then I gave them a photo shoot...so girlie!







Our last day in California we hung out at the beach! It was a bit chilly...but the kids didn't mind a bit!






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