Thanksgiving

We got to spend this year's Thanksgiving break at home, which was nice since we spend most breaks traveling and on the go. We had the whole week off together, and Grammy and Mandy were able to come down and spend some time with us which was great! 

One of the first days that Grammy was here, we took her to Point Loma to the Cabrillo Monument since the weather was so beautiful. First we stopped for lunch, and like always, it was a struggle for Grady to find something that he would eat (our picky boy doesn't like sandwiches, soup, salads, etc). He finally decided (much to our surprise) on something- can you figure out what it was? 

Octopus tentacles! We always tease him that we're making him fish eyeballs, frogs legs, octopus tentacles, etc. for dinner. This time they really had grilled octopus at the restaurant, and he really wanted it! We all had to try, and I was impressed- they both ate much more than I expected! They loved being silly. 

Like I said, the weather was beautiful at Cabrillo, and we got a few good pics! I was trying to capture a family photo for our Christmas card, and after many, many attempts, I chose the one below.

We played down at the tidepools and the kids frolicked in the water a bit. 

       Precious time with their Grammy! 

We made little turkey cinnamon rolls for Thanksgivig morning.

We also made and decorated turkey cookies. 

And Derek slaved away all day and cooked us a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. He's really got the whole BBQing a turkey down. Yum! 

Since Thanksgiving was late this year and we were all excited to decorate for Christmas, we put the tree up before Grammy left and enjoyed decorating together.  We had a really nice week! So glad that Grammy and Mandy could come stay with us!