This post is so late, but I wanted to share a couple pictures from our trip to California for Thanksgiving. Kevin and I drove out a couple days before, stopped in Vegas and then made the rest of the trip to my parent's near Santa Barbara.
The weather was fantastic and we had so much fun. It is a tradition in my family to decorate gingerbread houses for Christmas, and since I won't be with my fam for Christmas this year, we decorated a train while I was at home. I think we had more fun with the landscape than the train. Note the "lumber" in the caboose, the fish pond and the gravel path.
Kevin was a Black Friday virgin, so he joined us for the 4:30 am shopping trip. He ended up spending more than my parents. I loved sharing that experience with him.
While Kevin was still trying to recover from the early bird specials, my Mom and I did some more shopping and then drove up to The Neverland Ranch. The sign is no longer there, but it was still cool to see the front gate. Since Michael Jackson's death, people have written messages on the rocks and trees surrounding the gate. I couldn't leave without writing something, so I pulled out a pen and started writing a note on one of the trees. Just as I was finishing, the security guard came out and yelled at me to stop. Seriously? I figured it was because he had nothing else to do.
Solvang is the neighboring town to my parent's and we just had to take Kevin there. They have the best pastries. Aebelskivers and a strawberry cream cheese danish. So good!
And course, we had to go to the beach too. Here are a couple pics my Mom took of us.
