Thanksgiving...

We made it.  After a 10 hour drive to LA last Wednesday, a day at Disney, a day at Mat & Alaine's and another day driving home (only 5 hours that time!) we made it home.  Whew!  We are exhausted.

The drive on Wednesday was nothing short of awful.  Some power lines fell on the freeway and they shut it down.  After an almost 3 hour detour, we were again on our way.  That, of course, got us into LA right at rush hour.  I spent the last 5 hours of the drive in the backseat with the kids, who did surprisingly well.  That evening Mat, Alaine and Lincoln brought us some dinner - Baja Fresh!  We finally got to meet Lincoln - what a cutie!

On Thursday we were up bright and early and made a quick drive to Disneyland from our hotel in Burbank. We had a blast there and enjoyed our Thanksgiving dinner with Mike and his friends (ok, ours, too!) Dave & Allison and their kids.  We ate at Ariel's Grotto where Sydney got to meet several princesses.  We spent most of the day at California Adventure, which we all really enjoyed.  That night Rusty, Joy and the kids came by our hotel and Andy went out to dinner with them and Mike ( I stayed behind to put the kiddies to bed).  

Friday was OUR Thanksgiving dinner.  We all went to Mat and Alaine's and prepared a feast of turkey, ham, prime rib (thanks, Andy), mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, squash soup, etc., etc.  It was lovely!  Mark, Lisa and the girls (see the pic of Mari and Tierney holding the cousins) drove down from Sunnyvale and we all had a blast.

Saturday we got up early and headed home.  Five hours later we were here.  We spend the day today prepping our home for Christmas.  The tree is up, the lights are on the house.  We are ready!