thanksgiving!!!!!

turkey day!!!

this year for thanksgiving we traveled to sunny san deigo!!!! it was fantastic! james sister was kind enough to let us camp out at their lovely home and we had a fabulous time. the drive down was an adventure in itself. who knew that the last two hours would be the worst time ever spent in a car! but thanks to two bags of peanut butter m&m's we made it and it ended up being worth the long, long, very boring uncomfortable ride.

thanksgiving was delicious and thanks to the loudest but one of the cutest alarm clocks ever, (our niece jane does not know what quiet is), we didn't miss one minute of our day. we watched the parade, made super cute christmas crafts, went for walks up some of the steepest hills (made me feel even fatter) and chillaxed! the turkey dinner was divine, brett did an awesome job and taught us a wonderful trick. cook the turkey upside down so all the juices run to the breast making every piece of meat moist and delicious! we were lacking in cranberry sauce but I guess I can forgive the harman's this one little mishap. fortunately it didn't ruin my thanksgiving Ü!. the food was so good and so filling that no one could even head back for seconds! but thankfully that's why everyone loves left overs.

our other activities included going to the beach! it was great! james and scott got their grove on and rented surf boards and wet suits! they looked pretty awesome and thought they were even cooler. they were both pretty worn out by the end of the day. I don't think they realized how much muscle the sport takes, or how heavy the boards are. they had a few pretty sweet wipe outs! but said it was all worth it. hopefully when we see scott again he'll be a pro, james still needs a little practice. The seagulls the beach our not your average bird, and as soon as we broke out the snacks for lunch we were surrounded. It felt like we were being interrogated by the cia and throwing things at them didn't shake their nerve to leave us the heck alone. they just bought their time watching our every move and sure enough when hannah turned around to grab her drink, a lame wad seagal swooped down in the fasted seagull karate action ever snatched up her sandwich and took off! if you had blinked you would have missed it! of course this lead to all sorts of hysteria! hannah bawled, jane cried and I screamed! it was the funniest thing ever.

after the beach we went out for an awesome meal, you know it's good when brett's sugar levels hit the roof! all the good stuff is awful for you but it was definitely worth it! so so good! dare i say better then thanksgiving..... no, no I don't dare. it's like comparing apples to oranges! we also traveled to the San Diego temple! so beautiful, all the lights were strung on the tree, but weren't turned on! boo. we were a little saddened by that but I guess we have our own lights to see at home.

we had an awesome time, from the hilarious rounds of apples to apples (the cards for that game really do have sharp corners!), to a blunder with sugar for our sugar cookies (hannah's cornucopia was wonderful Ü) that turned out even better with less sugar! and an exciting shopping excursion on black friday all summed up with a wonderful baby blessing (sam really did have the cutest outfit ever! he must have a really super aunt with great taste....wink wink) !!!! so very much to be thankful for.