November Beach Trip

At Smittys

 We went to the coast over my birthday (35) and the Birth of Baha'u'llah.  Unfortunately, Sierra couldn't come because her class camping trip was at the exact same time.  It was weird not having her with us...  The Azadis and Johanna's mom joined us which was really fun.  Mom and Jessie and O, the Sepulvedas, the Duhans, and Paul and Jill also made appearances.  It was a good trip, although we did battle both bedbugs (Luke got chewed up and we had to switch rooms) and high winds.  The water was warm and everyone surfed and swam and dug in the sand.  We ate BBQ on the way up and Brian made yummy breakfasts the entire time, which was awesome... 

Crossing the ferry - lots of dolphins

Man O' War

Shrimping boat

At the birding center - thousands of Red-Headed Ducks.  Also saw some Roseate Spoonbills, some herons, coots, cormorants...

Port A has an awesome skate park

Sheltering from the wind

Thanksgiving

Jennifer, Matt, and Sadie Pearl came to visit a few days before Thanksgiving

 We had a lovely Thanksgiving, beautiful weather, yummy food - lots to be thankful for.  Granny, Mom, Dad, Star and Pam, Rose, Jessie and Otis, and Grace all joined us and brought food and talent to share. Because the weather was so nice we were able to enjoy the yard and eat outside.  After dinner we had the Thanksgiving talent show - some of the fine acts included original compositions (Mom and Dad with 'Cranky Old Man', Sierra with 'Javalina'), Granny singing an old cowboy song, interpretive dance, breath-holding competition, Rose singing a beautiful folk song and playing the guitar, Autry dancing to Brian playing the Lazy Song, and Otis and Jessie moving it moving it... 

Beautiful Granny

Sexy

PJ cousins