Thanksgiving Break, Part II

Fantastic news, my blogpress app is back up and running which means soooo are my posts! Yay! Picking the Thankful break recap back up... I made Thanksgiving dinner for me, Luke, Aunt Audrie, Grandpa, Shan, and Weston. Cranberry sauce the night before.

Everything else the day of.

Luke mashed the potatoes and carved the turkey. Day 2 Disneyland sort of a late start as I kind of forgot the tickets the first time we left. Oops. I blame the turkey coma. Went straight to CA adventure and got World of Color tickets. Then hit up CA Screamin'.


Back to Disneyland where we signed up for our !Holliday Tour! And hit up toon town for pictures with Mickey.  Luke saw Donald.


As close as he's gonna get to Oregon for a bit. Then we went to meet up for our tour!!


We got to wear these stylin headphones that played Disney Christmas music between our guide talking.


We learned some main street trivia, an got to try the. Best. Pumpkin. Pie. Fudge. We were skeptical but man this stuff disappeared fast.


Soooo good! Then off to the Mansion where we got to go straight in. Because we were on a tour.


Then we took the train to Toon Town and sang Jingle Bells with our headsets. Yay. Then we went to Small World. Where we got to skip the line again. Woooot!



We had gone in when the sun was in the sky and when we came out it was dark and the whole small world castle was lit up. So magical!


Our tour then made its way to Toon Town where we got hot chocolate in a special mug and a Mickey Mouse Gingerbread.


Luke ate his very strategically.


Lastly, we were escorted to a special section of front row seats for the parade. Our tour guide read us a Walt Disney/Disneyland story. Then, we enjoyed our hot chocolate, gingerbread, and front row parade seats. My favorite part of the parade was the short legged snowmen. They waddled. They were funny.


Then we rushed right over to CA Adventure where we caught a showing of Disney's Wonderful World of Color. It was fabulous!


The next day Luke put up Aunt Audries Christmas lights. He's very particular about how they're folded.


I went with Aunt Audrie to pick out a Christmas tree and since Luke was the tallest he got angel duty.


Next Day: Disneyland Morning Magic, Early entrance.



The weather got to 80 degrees that day. It was gorgeous! The Morning Magic route was the way to go. There was only a 10 minute wait for Space Mountain and that because it took that long to get through the line.


I requested very strongly that we go on the Dumbo ride. It's one of my earliest faint Disneyland memories. You can tell Luke was thrilled.

Now mocking me.

Giving in to boredom.

Luke says this was his first time on the Peter Pan ride.

Remember that picture I posted of the family reading in line. Here's their digital counterpart.

One of our last adventures was a quick trip to the beach.

Where I took these so I could post them on my blog at the appropriate time. Better late than never.



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Lounging in LA

I'm at Aunt Audrie's! Made it here just as the sun was setting! So pretty!



Her home is so familiar and cozy!
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Stolen Sunshine

Luke left and he took the sunshine with him. We had a spurt of some of the best weather! BUT It got cloudy, cooled off, and it's been raining for DAYS it feels. Here's the thing, I need me some sunshine. Especially if my Luke has to be in Colorado. So Ill reflect on some of the sun we got last weekend when we headed north for the Bay Area Golf Show and some exploring.
We were supposed to leave early on Friday but an earthquake, tsunami warnings and road closures

helped us delay our plans until Saturday.

We left early and went to the show Saturday morning so Luke could get to know the California golf industry a little better. Then we headed out for some golf geared exploration. One of my classmate had told me that the 17 Mile Drive was a "must do" for my golfer husband. I'd never heard if it before. I was a skeptic. A 17 mile stretch of road with a glimpse of ocean, and a peek at golf course? Really?
Let. Me. Tell. You. It was beautiful! So fantastic!

And my dreamy husband? Quite the view!

Dragon's egg?

Ocean booger?

Bird representation for Grandma G. The cute little guys I wanted to take a picture of were too fast.

Meet my new beach side cottage:

The cypress... A golf symbol for standing strong etc...


Luke says they try to keep on on the dl but the trees keep falling down. Huh.

Also.
We saw geese on the beach. According to Luke I yelled that our rather loudly as people were enjoying the view.

What a gift.

We stopped in at 4 golf courses and peeked in at their pro shops.

Then on our way outa town we stopped an an Italian restaurant and shared bruschetta(so flavorful I'm sure I tasted it on my breath all the way home, so it might have had a little garlic), an amazing seafood pasta dish, and ?canoli?. My heart and tummy were sooo happy. The drive back was so mellow and warm. It was the best.