California for Thanksgiving

I can't think of anything better than spending the holidays with family

My thoughtful husband surprised me with tickets to California for Thanksgiving. We had so much fun, and wish we could have stayed longer. We were able to spend Thanksgiving all together (My parents + Adam's parents + us). We had some REALLY good food, watched football, played games, spent a lot of time in San Diego, and went to many different beaches. They don't have beaches out here in Texas (at least any worth going to), so I had to get some beach time in while we were there. We were even able to squeeze in time to see friends and do a little black Friday shopping. We flew into LAX (worst airport ever! - but the only option with last min planning) late Wednesday night and left to go back to Texas late Sunday night. We arrived Mon morning around 2:00am and I got up to go to work at 6:00am. If we could have stayed longer we would have. We miss our families already!

 My mom had all her Christmas decorations up :)

 We didn't even realize our shirts were similar until we started taking pictures.

Appetizer before the main course

All recipes can be found on my food blog

Rotisserie turkey

Yam Souffle

Stuffing

Squash and apples

Angel biscuits

creamy mashed potatoes

Pumpkin cheescake

Best friends eating some Thanksgiving leftovers only a few hours after we had gotten New York style pizza.

Cameron, Celine, & Brooklyn - such a cute little family

Thanks for coming to visit us! Wish we lived closer, so we could hang out more often.

Fish and Chips

Sea Port Village

Hotel Del Cornado

They had an ice skating rink

I also miss seeing palm trees!

We snuck upstairs and thought about crashing the wedding they were setting up in the courtyard.

The haunted rooms 

Its a ghost

haha

Adam just stole a robe

He gave it back

Sunset

can you see the moon?

We got some yummy desserts to take home and share

We got some food first

Hermosa + Redondo Beach area

This airplane almost decapitated a few people. Not really, but the person flying it got pretty close to a couple people.

We went out to eat one last time before we had to fly back. Man I am really missing the warm weather about now. It is too cold in Texas.