Home Again

The Thanksgiving vacation is now over. *Big sigh of relief* It was a long weekend. Good, but long. We spent Wednesday-Friday in Carlsbad, CA. It was a different experience. We are used to staying with Laura anytime we are in the area, but this time we stayed in a condo. Mark's Grandma Sharon very graciously offered us the timeshare condo that she had reserved for that weekend. It was a nice little place and would be a great vacation spot for small families who don't know anyone in the area. Anyway. Thanksgiving at Laura's was good, as usual. I made the broccoli casserole that I usually do. Although this time around it seemed like I was doing so much more work. Its funny how our memories of things aren't always so clear. lol. The casserole turned out great, as usual. It is delicious, that's for sure. We spent all of Thursday at Laura's just hanging out.

Friday we spent a large portion of the day at Legoland. The boys had a blast and we (the adults) had fun as well. I didn't think that it would have been very busy considering it was Black Friday and all. Apparently massive sales don't stop people from taking their kids out to have a good time. haha. The lines for the rides were incredibly long. Austyn could barely make it through the first line that was about 45 minutes long or so. We didn't do a whole lot, unfortunately. The wait times for the lines were about an hour long or more. The boys (Mark included) had a great time on the firetruck show or whatever you want to call it. They were the first to arrive at the "burning" building, the first to put the fire out in their window and the first to get back to the finish line. Taylor was really excited about that. I told Mark it was a good thing that they won because if they hadn't we might have had a grumpy kid on our hands for the rest of the day. lol.

Friday evening we spent with our best friends in San Diego. I haven't seen them in about 4 months or so and Mark hasn't seen them since April! It was so good to see them and catch up on everything. The kids had a blast, because they are all such great friends.

Saturday we spent the entire day driving. There was SO much traffic. The only drawback from visiting with family during the holidays is the long drive along with the traffic. It's great and all to see the family, but it sucks that we have to sit in the car for hours on end with cramped legs. Not to mention gas prices are outrageous as usual!

Well, the holiday is over, so now we prepare for Christmas! It'll be nice to have Mark home for it, but it really stinks because he is leaving for ten days soon. He has to go back out to the ship. Can you believe that? They just came home and here they go, right back out again. BLAH!