We went to my Aunt Mary's home in Palmdale, CA for Thanksgiving this year. The drive both ways was AWFUL. The freeways just weren't big enough for the volume of cars. A drive that should take five hours took us at least seven each way. On the way back we went about ten miles (and that is being generous) in one hour. We agreed it would have been better to drive 9 hours straight than to be stop and go, crazy drivers cutting you off, etc the whole way. Oh well. McKay was pretty patient both ways, thank goodness.
My brother Christopher (missionary next to me) is serving his mission in Palmdale/Lancaster and was able to come for Thanksgiving dinner. His release date is February 11,2009 (my birthday). It was a lot of fun to see him again and we had a very enjoyable Thanksgiving day.
Elder McCleve's birthday is December 4th so we surprised him with a cherry cheesecake with 21 huge candles on it. It was delicious (if I do say so myself ;)) and he was really excited to eat it. We figured a missionary going home soon didn't need anything that takes up too much space... so we gave him a huge bag of Peanut M&M's, a bag of homemade granola, and a cd of Christmas Music. We really enjoyed spending the day with the missionaries.
Mary offered to watch McKay for us while we went to Universal Studios (thank you!!) We had a wonderful time. The park was not very crowded and we only had to wait about 10 minutes for one of the rides. As we were returning to the park after lunch, a couple asked if we wanted their 'Front of Line' passes since they were leaving. SURE!!! It didn't take us long to see all of the attractions at least once. We really enjoyed our day.
The set for 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas'.
War of the Worlds. We only saw previews but it was pretty amazing to see a plane cut in half!
McKay with Aunt Mary showing off her 'Best Aunt' award. We REALLY appreciated her watching McKay for us as well as her amazing hospitality. We had a wonderful weekend.
6 comments:
Awesome! It is neat that you were all able to get together! Looks like you all had a great time!! Great idea to celebrate Chris's b-day at the same time.
Ummm...aren't the freeways there like 18 lanes each way??? Ok, slight exaggeration...but there must have been a lot of traffic! The things we do for turkey (and great family and friends). Glad you had a nice Thanksgiving. We missed you at the Moser home!
Wow! Sounds like fun. Chris is looking really good. That's by bro!;) Has he grown? 'Cause I could swear that he wasn't THAT much taller than you. Well anyway, I'm glad you guys had fun at Thanksgiving! Love ya!
Chantelle
How fun for you to see Chris and be able to spend time with him. I am not a fan of the traffic in CA. I prefer my small-town, no wait traffic!
We missed you guys over the holidays - but it looks like you didn't miss us!!! Glad you had a great holiday - can't wait to see you soon.
That is awesome you got to spend time with Chris! I can't believe he is coming home in a few months!
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