Its been a wonderful month full of fun! Thanksgiving was so relaxing and fun. We had the annual turkey trot in the morning relaxed for a while and then went over to Jill’s for a nice Thanksgiving feast with family. All the kids had a great time and came away happy. Its always fun to hear what the kids are grateful for – they are so sweet and think of the greatest things. Its a pretty fun time of year with Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner. Its just magical. We have a lot to be grateful for.

The Monday after Thanksgiving we got Jackson out of school at lunch time and headed out to Disneyland! We were needing a little break from normal school/work days to have a little family time. It was beautiful completely decked out for Christmas. What a great time to be there!

We met Santa, had a delicious breakfast each morning at the Characters breakfast, and looked at the huge Christmas tree that was in the lobby of the hotel. We all had our favorite rides, but I loved “Its a small world – Christmas style”. It was amazing! Overall it was a little more crowded than I would have liked, but probably not as crowded as the busy season. We ended up getting to do the big cars land ride with Lacey and Jackson (the others were too small) with only a 30-45 minute wait. It is a great ride – maybe not worth waiting two or three hours for, but it really is a fun ride! I’m glad they got on it, they love “Cars.” We did a few other rides in cars land and all were really fun. We met some princesses, which was the highlight of Rachelle’s trip. She keeps asking to go back and meet more princesses. We all had fun on the teacups and carousels, little mermaid, and many others. It was so fun to just get away and be together as a family to do something fun. Disneyland is such a fun place!