Thanksgiving Week: It takes 4 to eat a turkey

Thanksgiving was so wonderful this year. We started put thinking it was going to be quiet with just a traditional dinner for Jason and me. That is how it was on Thursday, which led to a relaxing day. The great surprise was my parents arriving from St. George for a non-traditional Thanksgiving. We spent the day driving from Long Beach to Dana Point and all of the beaches in between. We had another Thanksgiving dinner that day as well, but we just threw some turkey in the slow cooker and came home and threw together a dinner in less than 30 minutes. Honestly it was just as delicious as the day before.
Here are some pictures of us checking out the ocean. Even though it is almost December, the weather was gorgeous and sunny. Just what I would expect for a Thanksgiving weekend in California.

My dad didn't bring his boat down so we didn't go sailing this time, but we did go and watch the sailboats drift out to sea.

When we were up in Long Beach we took a look at the Queen Mary. This is an old cruise boat that is permanently docked here after it performed its 1,001 transatlantic crossing. Looking at the Queen Mary behind us you can see that it's a pretty big ship, but nothing compared to the cruise boats these days. Amazingly, the Queen Mary is actually bigger than the Titanic.

One thing you should know about my mom is that she has the world's best green thumb. She is amazing when it comes to plants. There is a huge plant nursery by our place so my mom was in heaven going there walking and buying the plants. I just snapped some quick pics around the area. They have a huge variety of plants there and it is a beautiful area to come and wander.

Overall we had an amazing Thanksgiving week! We started it out celebrating Jason's birthday and then had a quiet and simple Thanksgiving day by ourselves. Then we enjoyed the rest of the time running around with my parents. We can't wait to see what Thanksgiving will be like next year.

Favorite Picture Friday: Jason Special

I look forward to Jason's birthday because it's the one time throughout the year that Jason doesn't fight me on giving him gifts! He really is amazing at treating me so well everyday and so I get to repay him this one day!
The way I describe Jason to everyone is he is the kind of man that every girl dreams of marrying. He is the sweetest man I've ever met and I always get told how lucky I am to have such a wonderful husband by my side. I hope he knows that I do feel so lucky and grateful to have the person who makes the happiest in the world standing next to me and holding my hand.
For his birthday I knew even without him saying anything that we would go to Disneyland. I thought I would give him something to do while there, so I went a day early and took pictures of different letters at Disneyland and he had to guess where the pictures were taken. It took me 2 hours to find some hard letters that I didn't think he would be able to find. I showed him the pictures that spelled out his name and right away he knew where most of them were! He only had to find 2 of them and he found those in 15 minutes! Let's just say that next year I will make sure it takes him a longer time.
Jason's main thing for his birthday is that we always go out somewhere to eat that is above the ordinary. He enjoys the fancy and expensive restaurants and indulging in all of the fine dining he can fit in one sitting. We enjoyed an amazing meal at Steakhouse 55 in Downtown Disney. Some of the best food I've ever had!
Here is a picture of Jason in front of one of the Christmas trees at Disneyland.

Favorite Picture Friday: November 18th, 2011

We were lucky enough to be able to go to my ASHA convention again this year. This is the first time we didn't have to fly to the convention because it was just a couple hours away in San Diego. We spent so much time at the convention there that we didn't bother with sightseeing. We did take some strolls at night downtown and by the beach. Here is a picture of the beach at only 5:00 at night. Yeah, it gets kind of dark here.

Favorite Picture Friday: November 11th, 2011

Jason and I are excited to be heading down to San Diego this week! It is such a beautiful city and there are so many fun things to do there. This is a picture of a pizza slice that we got at a local pizza joint there. As you can see, it is HUGE! And that was just one slice! We recently saw this place on Food Network and it made us hungry for more!

Favorite Picture Friday: November 4th, 2011

Here is a picture from the ride "Astro Blasters" at Disneyland. We rode this on the night of our Halloween party and we thought it would be funny to pose as if I were sleeping. I actually didn't mind pretending to sleep for longer than the picture. It's a pretty smooth ride!