Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving! Our friends the Bore family came from Seattle. Thanksgiving day was the typical football watching belly stuffing holiday at our house! We ate the usual turkey, stuffing, potatos and Krystin made the best sweet potatos I have ever had! Princess Aurora loved the turkey! If you look at her picture you will see her licking her lips while she watched Justin carve the big bird. Jaco, La-La, Care Bear, & Aiden sat at their own table and thought it was pretty fun. But they really loved playing in the empty pan cupboard.

First thing Friday morning we headed on a road trip. Our first stop was the Redwood Forest. The weather was perfect for the end of November. Jaco taught himself how to skip rocks and was so proud of himself. We all had fun climbing on logs and playing in the HUGE trees.

Care Bear and Aiden have been friends from the day they met but the romance of the beautiful forest brought out a different side to their relationship. I am sure they will hate these pictures someday but I think they are pretty cute!

We decided to check out the Tourist Trap area of the Redwoods. We opted out of the tour because it would have cost nearly $100 for all of us to go. Instead we took pictures with Paul Bunyan and payed $4 to drive through a tree which was totally worth it!

When we finished at the trees, we headed up the Oregon Coast. The waves were huge and beautiful to watch. One of the many places we stopped had a river that joined the ocean. It was not very deep as it ran into the sea, so Justin puddle-hopped over it with the girls to go exploring. On the way back, a huge wave came to shore and turned the trickling stream into a raging river. Care Bear cried the hardest even though she barely got wet on Justin's shoulders but he and La-La got soaked! At another beach, La-La found a skull. We think it is from some type of bird but who knows! Care Bear and Aiden planted sea weed trees in a small castle while Jaco practiced skipping rocks.

We stopped at another spot along the coast that had a natural bridge made out of stone. To really see it up close we had to climb down a mountainside. Near the bridge, the hike became very tricky so only Jaco, Justin and I continued on. If we had of made one false step, it would have been very easy to fall over the cliff into the ocean. The view was amazing even if it was a little scary!

Our final stop of the day was one of the prettiest with the sun going down. It was a little chilly but we got some fantastic photos! It was a perfect way to end the fun part of the day. After that we had to drive in the dark so it wasn't as pretty. :)