San Diego + Disneyland = a great Thanksgiving

So I'm feeling up to the impossible. I know I am totally lazy, but hey I got to it right.

Anyway Thanksgiving was great this year. We made it down to San Diego 1 hour before Thanksgiving and I was really thankful to be out of that car, and done with the 10 hour drive. I always love going to San Diego for Thanksgiving the weather is perfect, and I love to see all of the Konold family. They have a big dinner at the church every year.

We were pretty lazy the rest of the week. But with the weather so nice it was great to relax. The girls and Matt got into the pool. As you can see we weren't planning on swimming. I didn't pack swimsuits, but that didn't stop them. As for me I was nice and cozy watching, I was going nowhere near the 66 degree water.

The girls love this park with the sand, we spent the whole afternoon playing here.

They each found their own buddies.

After the weekend we headed to Disneyland. I think I was more excited than the girls. We spent 2 days (which was perfect, I don't think I could have walked one more step.)

The whole park was decorated for Christmas.

I'm not sure where she is getting these poses, but she was striking a pose every chance she got.

Lucy is in there I promise. She's just bawling under my arm(she wasn't a fan of Autotopia).

The first night we saw the Christmas Parade and heard the fireworks. There were so many clouds that night you couldn't see them, but they sounded great.

Then it snowed. The girls thought it was so neat that it was still warm and snowing.

Mari wasn't tall enough to ride the big rides, but that didn't stop us. Here is a pic of us putting on her "special shoes" Uggs with about 2 inches of socks. It worked every time, and she thought she was so big. Her favorites were Space Mountain and Matterhorn.

Yes, that is a sandwich about an inch away from Mari's boots and feet. I eat pretty much everything, everywhere to keep the nausea at bay.

Minnie was the last Character we saw before we left.

This is the only family pic we got out of the whole trip.

It was a great week!!!

Santa Claus is coming to town

Mari's preschool took a trip to see Santa today. She has been so excited for this. She had to make sure that her letter was ready and that I knew how to spell everything she wanted. Over the last couple of weeks that has been her biggest concern "are you sure you know how to spell that one mom"

She has been cracking me up asking for everything she sees, she finally narrowed it down to 3 things. She's been begging for the Easy Muffin Man Maker, which I finally figured out is an Easy Bake Oven. She has been telling my mom all about it, and my mom made a comment about eating the food. I thought Mari was going to explode, she didn't know that you actually make real food. She can't stop talking about it now.

Anyway Santa was a big hit. I thought it was cute that he actually opened the letter and read it out loud. Mari loved it. After she came up to me all excited and said "he was the real Santa with a real beard!!" I didn't get any pics of Lucy with Santa. She wasn't going anywhere near him, but she did wave from a safe distance.

If you get a chance go see Santa at the Mall, its free and there is never a line, and he's really cute!

I know

I know, I know, I suck a blogging. I've got a whole exciting trip to California and Disneyland to post about, but not the time. I've either been running crazy trying to get ready for Christmas or passed out on the couch being nauseous. So someday I know I'll get around to it, until then Happy Holidays!!