Thanksgiving Week

Another Thanksgiving has come on gone.  Such a great holiday to reflect and give gratitude for the many blessings we have been given.  We are anticipating a lot of changes next year and are surely looking forward to them, especially the arrival of la bebe.  My heart is so full when I think about the miracle of being pregnant again, and I'm equally grateful this last spring to have felt confirmation that our new fertility treatments were going to work for us.

Rob and I drove to California to spend the week with his side of the family.  I love a good road trip and we really had some great convos in the car, especially on the way back, it is nice to connect with those kind of heart to heart talks.

Thanksgiving dinner is always at Rob's aunt and uncles house.  All of their kids were there as was another cousin from the same side of the family...it was a lot of fun to connect with them.  I adore all of Rob's cousins and Amy (in the burnt orange skirt) is one of my dearest friends. No pictures of the tables or food but everything was wonderful!!

I wish I had taken more pictures of our adventures...the story of my life! I never want to stop the fun to have everyone pose...and I hate action/candid shots.  Is that weird?  I actually tried to put a bunch on here...but Blogger isn't having it right now.

Some of the highlights...

• Spending TONS of time with my bestie in the whole world Melissa (yeah no pictures) and her cute family!!
• Eating fish and chips on PCH at Malibu Seafood.  So good and fun!
• The beach!!  We went to check out the tide pools twice because the tide was super low...we found crabs, starfish, hermet crabs, shells, sea slugs, sea anenamies galore!  There were also lots of caves we were able to wander through that are normally filled with water.
• Wandering through the Reagan Library where Rob's mom is a docent.  
• El Torito fajita salad with the pepita dressing.  Yum, I always need that when we visit.
• Taking advantage of Black Friday at Anthro...at a non-busy location.  I walked in at 8 and there was a half hour line for the register but the store, sale corner, and fitting rooms were quiet.  I texted my bestie to hurry down and we both picked up a ton of good stuff for super cheap! 
• Pumpkin Bars, Mexican Wedding Cookies, and Toll House Pie for Thanksgiving dessert...I was in charge.
• Sleeping in, lounging around, and not having a schedule.
• Meeting up with our good friends Ryan and Rayna along with Melissa and John for dinner.  Nothing like friends that you immediately can reconnect with.
• Coming home with three grocery sacks of Trader Joe's goodness.
• Noah being such a good boy in the car...love my boy!!