Thanksgiving 2012

I'm not super happy about how any of the pictures on my iphone turned out from our vacation so, I'm on a bit of a camera strike until I can get a better camera.  That means I didn't take any photos of our thanksgiving this year.  Which was unfortunate because it was quite a feat that we all, minus one Ben and Margareth,  managed to make it into Grandma Grace's house for Thanksgiving dinner.  Mammy has been staying at Grace's for a while now because Grace hasn't been feeling 100% as of late. :( So, Mam's took to the rearranging and did a fine job!  Can you say wonderwoman?  It was very very nice and cozy downstairs and we all had a great thanksgiving dinner and room to play games too!  We even got to skype with said Ben and Margeth for a bit and it was wonderful to see them!  Isn't technology wonderful!  They're halfway across the world and yet were with us on Thanksgiving too.  It was great to see you two!  It was so wondeful to spend the day with such loved family and friends!!

We didn't make it up to my parents place this year because we Jason was cooking a turkey and had to stick around to make sure it didn't burn.  We had soo much food for all of us and so many desserts that we got to take home most of the pie and apple cheesecake and stuffing we made!  Yummy leftovers!

I'm so grateful for so many things and I won't try and list them all but please know that I am so truly grateful for the things that are in my life!  I am truly blessed!

Black Friday is turning into Grey Thursday or even black Thursday around here so we cut our evening a bit short and headed home to rev up for our all nighter shopping spree.  Michelle, Kallie, Mary (a friend of Michelle's), Megan and Camille (Meg's friend), and I had a blast shopping from about 9 PM till 5:30 AM!!  So so so much fun! 

Jason let me sleep in till 1 PM the next day!  He's up there on the top of that grateful list-o-mine!

I hope your Thanskgiving/black Friday shopping was splendid!

California Vacation- Part 2

Ha.  Finally getting around to those other photo's from Jason's phone.  I forgot my phone one day and so I had to use Jason's to take photo's that last day in Disney.  Jason, Lance, Brent, and I all went to Hollywood Horror Nights one evening while the kids and Diane went swimming in the hotel pool.  No doubt the highlight of Diane's trip.

 

This guy is named Diamondhead, I think.  He kept creeping up behind me in the haunted house and scarring me. I usually don't get that scared but he got me 3 seperate times.   H.H.N.'s is basically Universal Studios turned Halloween..ey.  Lots of different haunted houses to walk through.  I really liked the fog throughout the park. So thick you couldn't see what was in front of your face.  I think I may have mentioned that before.

 Finally got around to seeing another princess.  Stood in line for about 25 minutes to see Rapunzel and Rider.  When we were stuck in line clear over at California Adventures, just a few hours before it was time for the princesses to leave.  I mentioned to the girls that we would have to go straight over and get in line to see the princesses if we wanted to see them.  I asked them both and both of them were so uninterested, we just left it at that.  No reason to try if they really didn't care.

 Another quality photo.  Ellyse on Dumbo.

 Two words: Jason's face.

 Finding Nemo ride.  I really enjoyed this ride and the Materhorn ride.  Those were two of my fave.'s

 Pixie Hollow  had some fairy dude that we really didn't know.  Boo! No Tinkerbell that day?  C'mon Disney, you can afford to have more than one Tinkerbell.  I was dissappointed because that's who Allie likes a lot.

Fun, fun trip!!!!