Sleeping in Seattle and Thanksgiving in Hawaii

Our 2011 Thanksgiving Hawaii trip started in Seattle.  $1200 Holiday airfare  necessitated  that we buy $200 Buddy Passes instead...which meant two nights in Seattle while we tried to make the list.  It was a lucky break even after two days of trying that finally allowed us to get a seat.  Nevertheless, we made it and we had a blast!

Things I will remember:

Nicole masterfully maneuvering the plush toy crane game at Dennys after a Thanksgiving Breakfast and winning a stuffed penguin for Cate.  JJ was more than a little jealous.

Cate devouring six sausage links at breakfast, 3 full hotdogs for dinner, and then throwing all 9 linked meats up on the bed right before she fell asleep.

Seth giggling and grinning anytime he touched the water.  And laughing like Beavis with a forced air chuckle.

JJ with no fear as he jumped in at Waimea Bay despite numerous warnings from the life guards about dangerous surf conditions.

Thanksgiving Dinner on the beach.  Bbq steaks, microwave veggies, salad, and pumpkin pie with ice cream  listening to the waves.

Definately one of the best Thanksgivings ever. 

Nichole V Photography

I know I haven't blogged forever...it is my new year's resolution to start blogging again, but I couldn't resist a great giveaway from one of my favorite websites and so I need to write about that right now. Nichole V Photography has some of the best tools possible to a photographer. I love them and wish I could buy everything out of her Flourish Emporium. She also teaches workshops...which I hope to win! The item at the top of my Christmas list this year is the Workshop in a Box. Hopefully I have dropped enough hints to my hubby so he will get it for me. If he doesn't, I might just have to buy it for myself. Do you think it is okay to buy yourself gifts? Check out her website here http://workshops.nicholeV.com

Thoughts While Driving

I didn't have any kids in the car today while I was driving, and so I was left to my own thoughts. I didn't have to answer any of J.J.'s questions (they number in the thousands), and so I was left to ask my own questions.

Am I too old to wear hot pink?

Why is The Book Thief so good? (reading it for the third time)

Why do I crave hamburgers? Why can't I crave broccoli? Isn't your body supposed to crave what it needs? I definitely don't need hamburgers.

Why does it take me 3 weeks to lose 5 pounds, but it can take me 3 hours to gain 5 pounds? I am being serious...this has happened before

Is bribery and threats the best way to parent? Why doesn't anything work?

Why is J.J. already embarrassed to hug me? (He made me hug him before JeNeal answered the door, so she wouldn't see us.)

Why don't I live in San Diego where it never snows?!

Why can't I be more motivated?

Why do I feel like I am always falling short?

What do I need to do to feel adequate?

Does anyone have the answers? I didn't have my mommy riding in the car with me to answer all my questions.