Although we definitely missed our family on our first holiday away from Indiana, we made the most of our first Thanksgiving holiday in California.
We started out Thanksgiving Eve by going to see a movie (Wreck-It Ralph--so good!) and after the movie we found a cool fountain and giant Christmas tree that the girls wanted to check out.
This morning we slept in late, had a big breakfast and headed to the mountains for a Thanksgiving hike. We hiked about a mile and a half, to what was supposed to be a waterfall but it was dry. Even so, we still had some beautiful views. When the kids got tired, and the mountain got steep, and Dave got extremely nervous, we turned around and headed back down the mountain. We took our time and took advantage of some photo ops along the way.
After nearly 2 hours of hiking we headed back to town to eat a Thanksgiving buffet. The food was just so-so but the dessert was pretty tasty and they had never-ending Icee's on tap. We still managed to eat until we were stuffed, like all good Thanksgiving dinners should end.
We finished the day with a 2 hour swim and hot tub soak, where Austyn learned to swim without floaties! After swimming, Austyn had to come in to watch "her" football game. All in all, it was a great way to spend a Thanksgiving day!
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