Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Thanksgiving and my birthday

     Even though my name was misspelled the Snickers cheesecake was fabulous! 

Now that we are back in town, my laundry is done, and everything is unpacked I can finally report what has been going on. We went to California for Thanksgiving to stay with Jaron's parents. We had to break up the trip so we stayed with my family for a night going down and coming back. We had a great time in California and it was fun to see Jaron's family. His sister Shelly and family came from Arizona and his sister Nicki and family were there. Nicki lives in Riverside, which is thirty minutes south of Jaron's parents house. We went there for Thanksgiving dinner. Dinner was very filling and it was great to visit with family. 
Saturday was my birthday and we all went to Balboa for a frozen banana. They are dipped in chocolate and then rolled in toppings. They are pretty yummy and a fun experience. We went to Corona Del Mar beach with his sisters and their families. Lexi has never been to the beach and she loved it. She liked putting her feet in the sand and in the water. The water was pretty cold however but she didn't complain at all. It was starting to get pretty cool and we were starving so we decided to leave. We all tried to get the sand off our feet using baby wipes, which didn't really work, so we walked back barefoot to the grass. Jaron wanted to take me out for my birthday so we went to the cheesecake factory in Fashion Island. It was fabulous as usual. They also brought out a piece of cheesecake with a candle and wrote my name in chocolate around on the plate. It was a Snickers cheesecake and it was "delish"! Lexi slept the entire time we were at the restaurant so it was kind of like Jaron and I were on a date. 

Jaron and Alexis on Thanksgiving Day
Brammer Family: Brady holding Talmage and Nicki holding Ella 
Turley Family: Chad holding Carter and Shelly holding Brice 
Grandma Rime, Jaron, Me and Lexi, Brady and Talmage, Nicki, Dianne (Jaron's mom) and Ella sitting in Balboa in front of the frozen banana stand
Rime family at the beach
Alexis's first time in the ocean
First time at the beach
Alexis's new flip flops 

6 comments:

Rachel said...

Happy birthday! I'm glad you had such a great time. I just have to say that you look great! I love your hair like that.

Tara said...

Happy Birthday! The cheesecake looks yummy! Are you guys still planning your trip to Hawaii?

Jacob and Mindy T. said...

Lexi looks so cute at the beach! I love it. Love her little flip flops, she is so hip. ;)

Melissa said...

Happy Happy Birthday! Your Thanksgiving looked like fun. I'm glad you had a good birthday, that cheesecake looks yummy and of course your little Lexi looks adorable as always.

Shel said...

Love those flip flops! Soo cute! And you did a great job on your blog! It looks darling!! :)

Jaden and Stacy said...

I am glad to see that it looks like your birthday was good. Lexi looks so cute in all of those pictures! Love them! I love the picture that is at the top of your blog. That is the cutest thing. Love yA!