5 Days with Family

We had a great Thanksgiving.  Amy, Rob and family got here late Wednesday night.  We had a turkey dinner in our little apartment, then cruised down to Sunset Beach.  We played in the surf, looked for seashells, got wet, and saw the sun set.  Pretty fun.

Friday we went up to San Francisco.  The weather was perfect.  We stopped at Levi Stadium, where the 49ers play.  Caleb is a huge fan, so was very excited.  Then we went across the Golden Gate Bridge out to Sausalito.  It is a beautiful place.  We spent some time at Pelican Harbor, watching those majestic birds and some seals.  We then went up to the Oakland Temple and saw the beautiful Christmas lights on the grounds.

On Saturday, we drove down to Monterey and visited the aquarium.  It was crazy busy, and wet and rainy, but we had a good time.  The traffic getting home was nuts, so we got off the freeway and got home on Monterey Road, which used to be the main highway in the lower Bay area.

On Sunday, Dad and I were scheduled to speak in the young adult ward, so the Staleys joined us there.  I got up to speak and a spider started to run across my talk!  I freaked out!  A guy behind me got up and brushed it off the podium, and I was able to continue my talk.  At least I didn't scream into the mike!  Everyone got a good laugh out of that!

They flew home later that evening, after waiting at the airport for them to fix some mechanical problem with their plane (yikes!).  They made it home safely, and we are all getting rested up from our rest (hehe).  Such a fun weekend.

Hope you all had a great holiday.  Christmas will be here before you know it.  The pocket present sign up seems like such a great idea.  Thanks, Megan.  Hope everyone has gotten on and signed up.  It should be fun. 

We're going to be very busy.  There are a ton of special Christmas activities and programs in the Bay area, and we get to help out at some of them.  We're trying to re-design our Facebook page and are wishing we had a grandkid or two here to help us!  Katie would have, but we were out of data on our little hotspot.  What a pain!  But we will get it figured out (eventually).

We have had quite a bit of rain, and the autumn leaves have been pretty.  It's so funny to see the colorful leaves along side flowers!  But we won't miss the snow this winter.

Hope everyone is doing well.  You're always in our prayers.