Since we had no family around this year to celebrate Thanksgiving with, we decided to take off to Orange County for a week of some fun in the sun!! And boy did we ever find some!!
We walked along Huntington Beach Pier and watched all the surfers catch some waves. The girls enjoyed peeking in to all the buckets of the fisherman along the pier and seeing different kinds of fish and starfish and a guy even caught a sting ray right in front of us! The girls thought it was pretty cool!
Since neither Mark nor I were really in the mood for a traditional Thanksgiving meal, (and we would rather be out having a great time than slaving over a hot stove all day!) we decided to stop by Duke's (one of our fav restaurants in Hawaii) and have some yummy dinner--and it couldn't be TG dinner without HULA PIE!!!!
We took a ferry over to Balboa Island, which the girls thought was great. "Our car is going on a boat?!" Ellie couldn't believe it.
We also drove around and sight saw and then got out and walked around Corona del Mar and oohed and ahhed over some really nice houses over there.
Unfortunately, our little enjoyment was stopped short when Maddy decided to find out what would happen if she stuck a Gobstopper up her nose.... "hehehe! that was funny dad!!"
Our BIG adventure was paying to go to the Irvine zoo only to have Maddy throw up immediately ALL over herself and her car seat!! Our first experience with this sort of thing--EVER!!
And a trip to OC is never complete without a trip to my favorite--SPRINKLES!! YUMMY!!
Besides having colds, Maddy's tummy trouble and not having family around, I would say it was a great week for our family. Mark got to go golfing with a buddy, Alicia slept in and then did a little shopping, we watched some movies, ate out, played, went to the Irvine Spectrum and rode the carousel, went to the beach again a few times more and just enjoyed being with each other. Happy Thanksgiving!
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