thanksgiving break

*For Thanksgiving, Chris's parents came to stay with us for a few days. For our actual meal, we headed out to Chris's brother's house, along with my parents and my SIL's parents. While I love hot weather, I must admit I would have preferred it a little cooler on Thanksgiving. :)

*The next morning, we went up to Oak Glen since Chris's parents love it up there. We first had breakfast at Apple Annie's. The kids were over the moon about the huge cinnamon rolls. Sadly they both were pretty overwcooked (to the point that Cam's had to be sent back), but the whole experience was still fun. :)

Next we went to Los Rios Ranch. They were having an Apple Butter Festival. Here is Kendall attempting to throw a tomahawk.

Later that afternoon, we went to see Wonder. It was awesome. It contained great life lessons and it made us sad that more movies aren't made like it... :(

This morning was Christmas decorating!!! I even got the outside done! I was quite excited about the fact that our palm trees didn't draw blood this year. They have the sharpest needles sticking out all over and I HATE wrapping them with lights!!

Tomorrow is our last day before real life begins again. Boo!!

hallmark

*Right now Cameron and Chris are at Taekwando so Kendall and I are finishing up a Hallmark Christmas movie we had started. She loves them as much as I do and I love even more that they are clean enough so that I never have to worry about fast forwarding anything. :)

*This past weekend was the first half of Cameron's black belt testing. We have been so impressed and proud of how hard he has been working.

It was a 2.5 hour test, so Kendall was quite a trooper for staying the whole time. Of course it helped to play with daddy's phone, taking pictures like this:

*I had to work today and will go in tomorrow as well...but then I'm looking forward to several days off with a visit from Chris's parents and spending Thanksgiving with both sides of our family. :) Today the kids were SUPER excited because they got to spend the morning at their friends' house while Chris and I worked.

*I love that Kendall eats a creme filled donut from the top! :)

*This has become my new perfume as of late. I think it smells like toothpaste. Strong toothpaste. I feel so sorry for my office partner having to endure the smell all day. :(

birthday

I've found my blogging motivation dwindling lately as I just don't feel like getting on the computer again when I get home from work. Here are a few pics from the last couple of weeks. :)

Last weekend we went up north to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday. My mother-in-law planned a big party. The theme for the family's attire was red, white, and blue. :)

A highlight for the kids was exploring the church since it was empty (with the exception of where the party took place). :)

The kids loved being with their cousins all weekend. Many games of Aggravation were played!

Last week I had a conference in LA. I drove out the day before and spent the night so I didn't have to drive out the morning of. It was nice to have a hotel room to myself with cable TV. :) The only picture I took was at the conference and it consisted of supplies I need to get for a certain assessment. Exciting, huh? :)

Sometimes when Chris and I are feeling like eating terrible, we split an order of carne asada fries. We get two tortillas on the side and make our own burritos with them. :)

halloween

Harry Potter and Taekwando man :)

Trading Halloween candy the next day is serious business.

 

Rolling my back on a wall with a baseball. I'm trying a new, very intense (from what my friends tell me) chiropractor tomorrow and I had an ergonomics specialist visit my office Friday. I'm ready for something to work.

 

The kids helped feed a friend's cat for a couple days. They used the money they earned for a Lego and Shopkins at Target. 

 

The kids put on a production for the parents, complete with costumes.