Happy Thanksgiving!!!

For Thanksgiving, it was just our little family enjoying it together. We went outside and took a Thanksgiving family portrait to commemorate the day (and partly to brag about the BEAUTIFUL weather we have around here.) I have to admit, even though I am really excited to move back to Utah in two weeks, I am really not looking forward to going back to freezing weather where I have to bundle myself and Levi up every time we go anywhere. Now that the temperature has cooled down a little, it is perfect weather here.

Brad cutting the turkey, even though it is just a turkey breast. It was very tasty!It turned out that Levi went down for a nap right in time for dinner. I was a little bummed that he wouldn't eat dinner with us, just for the sake of family togetherness, but it was very lovely just eating dinner with Brad alone and not having to constantly be feeding Levi. Notice the fireplace Brad put on the computer. :) After having the oven on all day, the house was way too hot so we moved our table over next to the air conditioner to eat.

The day after Thanksgiving we went to the beach in the evening and watched the sun go down. It was a little chilly on the beach but we still had a good time just letting Levi run around.

Chasing all the birds.

Beautiful scenery.

Several days ago I went to a kids consignment store looking for Christmas presents for Levi and I found this snow outfit with a coat and snow pants that I just couldn't refuse. I was shocked to find one in SoCal and it is in great condition, you could never tell it has been used. It is a little big for him and I was hoping we could use it this year and next year but I'm afraid he might grow too big before next winter. We will see. He looks like he is ready to jump on a snowmobile and go for a ride.

Just some random pictures of my big boy. He is just getting so big and is able to understand us so much more everyday. It is so fun to watch him learn new things, he surprises us with everything he is capable of doing.

There is a young couple in our ward with a little boy just a couple months older then Levi and they have become good friends from playing together in the halls all 3 hours of church every week. This family very kindly volunteered to babysit for us while Brad and I went to the LA temple. It was very nice to be able to make it to the temple while we are here. The temple is very large, one of the biggest I have seen. Levi had a blast playing with his friend all afternoon. He had the biggest smiles when he dropped him off and picked him up. He was in toy heaven. :)