November

This month the kids finally had some vacation time.  A four day weekend...AND a whole week in fact.  It was fantastic to be free of schedules.  We kicked off our Veteran's Day holiday time with a late night at California Adventure to see their new World of Color show.  They really need to work on the whole seating arrangement (they don't have one), but other than that it was pretty fabulous.  We also headed down to San Diego to see the new Mormon Battalion Historic Site.  It was fun and the kids had a great time.  We ate at my favorite Mexican restaurant, El Indio, which has the yummiest food this side of the border.

For our Thanksgiving break we flew up to Seattle to visit our great (better than good) friends, the Cahoons and the Jacobs.  Our first flight was a bust due to a crazy snow storm.  Thankfully we made it the next day and our kids were thrilled to be back in the snow.  They had a great time with the Jacobs' kids and picked up right where they left off three years ago.  We saw a few sights but mostly had a very relaxing visit hanging out and catching up.

After paying $80 for a turkey last year, it was a pleasant surprise to see the stores here giving them away for free.  Thanksgiving has to be the greatest holiday ever.  No gift giving or excessive commercialism.  You basically just sit around and eat...and then if you can, you eat some more.  I forgot how good a homemade pie tastes.

Showing off some art work from school

The beach in November???

One Saturday we went to Huntington Beach to see cousin Guy in a surf competition.

I thought it was cold but obviously not the kids.

Waiting patiently for the show to begin

3 pioneers

Alex was the lucky model of the soldiers' gear

Panning for gold

Making bricks

Getting a great view of San Diego

Stuck in the airport

Cowgirls

 

Freezing cold at the top of the Space Needle

(Thanks for the pic MJ and Libby)

Getting her first taste of cold weather

Visiting the Pacific Science Center

They had a really cool Tropical Butterfly House

The gigantic one in between the girls is actually a moth.

They only live a few days when they are that big.

It was practically the same size as his head

Watching them eat

Libby made an amazing meal

Happy Thanksgiving!