Thursday, December 03, 2009

thanksgiving

We had a busy, fun and eventful Thanksgiving this year! Our plan was to fly out to California to spend the holiday with all of Matt's family but Camryn woke up with a 103.5 fever Thursday morning so we decided not to get on the plane if she was getting sick. Parker was driving down to Cali Thursday afternoon, so after eating Thanksgiving dinner (Matt with his family, Camryn and I with mine) we headed out!


We got there at 3 am, but thanks to Parker who drove the whole way....I got to sleep a little on the way! Friday all the girls headed to the American Girl doll store. WOW! That place was amazing...a little girls dream! Each doll had it's own little room with her story and clothes and accessories...which are ridiculously priced but you get sucked in while you're there! We had lunch at the cafe there, where the little girls got to bring their dolls and they give you high chairs so they get to sit right next to you :) They only serve pink lemonade and hot chocolate to drink, ( so fitting) and we had a delicious lunch. It was so fun to see my cute nieces light up at all their favorite dolls and pick out their one outfit to take home!

Saturday we drove to the beach so the boys could surf, but the waves weren't great so we just ended up having a fun picnic on the beach and letting all the kids run around in the sand!

Sunday we drove down to see Amber and Bryan's cute house! Then we hit up Disneyland on Monday! It was so fun to take Camryn even though she doesn't really get the whole magic of it all. But she liked going on the rides and seeing all the people and lights and trying to escape from mom and dad :) We had to leave early to catch our flight home so we didn't get to be there as long as we would have liked, but it was so nice to spend time with our family and be in the nice 80 degree weather! Why don't we live in Califnornia?

I'm so grateful for my wonderful little family, for my sweet husband who is my rock and takes such good care of us, for Camryn who brings so much joy and love into our lives and teaches us how to be more selfless. I feel so blessed for everything I have and love this time of year that we get to show our gratitude for all we have!

5 comments:

Bridget "Fun" Lynott said...

I don't think anything could be better than Disneyland and Thanksgiving!!! So fun!

McCall said...

That sounds like so much fun! I wish we would've seen you and Cam at Thanksgiving dinner!

Tiffany said...

I love Disneyland so much!!!! Can't wait to see you guys!

The Young Family said...

Isn't Disneyland so much fun with kids? It's so rewarding to see them enjoy something so much and really believe in the magic of it. Looks like you guys had a great Thanksgiving! Cute picture of the three of you guys!

Jennie and Spencer said...

Sounds like so much fun. We were able to go to Vegas. Nice warm weather. Now it is fun to be in the snow since it is Christmas. we need to get together again. miss you.