Thanksgiving and a fake birthday

Since Wayne was going to be in South Africa for Thanksgiving, the kids and I went to California to spend the holiday with my family. (I the idea of cooking for hours and hours only to have the kids eat for maybe 5 minutes and most of it disliked was not something I was willing to do!) To my excitement we missed a huge snow storm in Utah and were blessed with warmth in California and the unlimited use of Nana's hot tub. It was great to spend at least one more big holiday with my family before the big move.

These are our candy cornacopias. They were my mom's nursery activity and she saved some her grandkids to do too. It was such a fun activities. I might be stealing it for my nursery next time!

Also, as is tradition in my family, we had a fake birthday for Bethia. For all of you who don't know, which is most of you, my family thinks it's funny to almost always do holidays on our own schedule. It started with my Mom trying to accommodate holidays at my Dad's house and then for the In-laws but has become just they way we roll now. For example, Fake Christmas this year for my family will be in January. We're weird!!! But I digress, we had a Chuck E Cheese party for Bethia with her brothers and cousin. It was a lot of fun and got her very excited for her "real" birthday on the 11th.

Long random blog, just wanted to share!!