We went bowling a couple of weeks ago. It was Hayden's first time and she enjoyed bowling but liked playing the arcade games a lot better. 
We babysat our nephew for a week at the beginning of December. This is what took place the first night. Poor kid is going to hate me when he is sixteen!!
My friend Janice and I got each other/ourselves tickets to the Kurt Bestor Christmas concert. I found out a couple days before the show that Jason Castro(American Idol Season 7) was going to be performing as well and I knew I had to go. I had a tiny crush on him during his run on AI and thought it would be fun to see him in person. So I called Janice up and talked her into going with me! The concert was really good even though I am not a huge Kurt Bestor fan. Jason performed very well and then signed autographs afterward. It was a great night!!
We had an amazing Thanksgiving this year. All of my family was together for an entire week. We did all the usual things...eat, play games, talk, eat, shop, ect... We celebrated my mom's birthday on Monday. We had tacos, cake, played games and opened presents. It was a lot of fun. We also took the kids to 'Tangled.' It was really cute, everyone liked it except Hayden who said she didn't like it because it had a mean witch (but she really did like it.)
Hayden got to spend every night but one at Granny Jo's house, she thought it was pretty cool to have a sleep over every night. She loves her cousins and gets a long so well with all of them.
Carson spent most of his time crawling around looking for little things on the floor to eat. Seriously every time you looked at him he was chewing on something, his favorite is paper!!
It was a great a week and I am sad it is over, but am definitely looking forward to December and everything that comes with it!!
Nicole, Crosby, Hayd, Ava, Brooklyn and Heidi preforming "Five Fat Turkeys are We."
Enjoying a little Spaghetti!
We exchanged Christmas presents and this is what Carson and Hayden got. Thanks Shell, they LOVE them!!!
The last two days of our trip were pretty uneventful besides me getting sick with food poisoning at one in the morning the day we are supposed to drive nine hours!! Needless to say that trip was pretty miserable for me, but I think Colin had it even worse!! He had to drive, keep the kids entertained and fed, handle bathroom breaks and take care of his puking/whining wife. He handled it so well and did not complain once!! The kids also did AMAZING!!!!!!
We stopped in St. George and stayed the night. Colin and the kids swam and then we all hit the hay!!
Luckily the next day I woke up feeling MUCH better and the 3 1/2 hour trip home seemed like a breeze!!! We were all very happy to be home!!
Friday we spent the day hanging around Santa Maria and Pismo Beach.
We started of the day at the beach. It was a little cold and I am not a huge fan of mixing a 9 month old and sand, so we didn't stay there too long. Hayden didn't mind too much because her and her Dad got to "swim" in the hot tub. While they swam I got to hold Carson while he slept and sit and watch the ocean...it doesn't get much better than that!! Also while I was sitting there I saw a couple of whales WAY off in the distance, it was really cool.
After the hot tub we headed to this cute little park. 
Next we went to a place called Avila Barn. It is a really cute barn with a pumpkins patch, hayrides, ice cream shop, fruit stand and a petting zoo. After Avila Barn we met up with Colin's Aunt and Uncle and had lunch out on the Avila Pier.
This is Colin being brave and getting the close the mass amount of sea lions at the bottom.
Hayden after lunch, she was spent!!!
We dropped the kids off with Colin's sister, hopped in our Mustang and headed up the coast. It was overcast, a little rainy and pretty cold, but that didn't stop us from putting the top down!! The drive was gorgeous and it was so nice to have the whole day to ourselves.
This is where we ate lunch. I had a picture in my mind of where I wanted to eat and this was place was perfect!! The food was really good too!
I forgot something major that happened on Day 5.
A few weeks before we left Colin told me he had a surprise for me, but he wouldn't tell me what it was. About every other day he would give me a little gift and a clue to help me figure out what the surprise was. Finally I figured out that he had planned for him and I to rent a convertible and drive up the coast to Santa Barbara. He had asked his sister to watch our kids for us and then we got back we were going to pack up and drive to Vegas. I was so excited, it has always been a dream of mine to drive the coast in a convertible!!! Plis it is out of character for Colin to do something like this, so it really meant a lot for him to think, plan and carry out something this big!!
So back to Day 5...we were at lunch at the House of Blues and Colin said "so do you want to know what your birthday present is?" I just said "I already know what it is" and he said "no you don't." He then proceeded to tell me that instead of doing our drive and going home tomorrow we were going to drive up to Santa Maria, stay at a hotel on the beach for two nights, drive up the coast to Monterrey and not go home until Saturday. I couldn't believe it, I was so surprised and excited!!
So we spent day six driving up to Santa Maria/Pismo Beach. We stopped at a town called Solvang. It is a cute little Danish touristy town with shops, bakeries and art gallery's. It was a nice break!
Colin's Aunt, uncle and cousins live in Santa Maria, so after we checked into our awesome hotel we met up with them at a pizza place and had dinner. It was a lot of fun and really good to see them all.
Eating ice cream in Solvang.
Part of our hotel...Cottage Inn by the Sea.
