Thanksgiving Bust

Many months ago, we learned that a friend of my fathers promised to let us borrow his beach cabin for a weekend of our choice.  After discussing this with the family, we agreed that Thanksgiving weekend would be a fun time to go.  So, we locked in the dates and waited for the holiday to arrive.  Wouldn't you know that Lia would come down with a fever of 103 degrees the night before Thanksgiving.  The poor little thing had been looking forward to this vacation with her cousins for weeks, but this flu knocked her flat on her back!  As a result, we drove out to the coast to simply spend Thanksgiving day and then turned around that evening and drove back home.  Although Lia spent the day quarantined in one of the bedrooms upstairs, the rest of us enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving lunch.  After putting Logan down for his nap, a group of us enjoyed a walk on the beach in balmy 50 degree, sunny weather which is unheard of for the Washington coast in November!  Although it was a quick trip, it was nice to spend the day with family in a beautiful location.  It's just a shame that Lia missed it all.  It's a good thing that she will have almost a full week of cousin fun after Christmas this month up at the Priest Lake cabin to make up for it all!

 

Thanksgiving 2013 on the Pacific coast!

 

This picture shows how Lia spent her entire Thanksgiving day holed up in one of the bedrooms watching movies.  She reach 103.5 degrees while we were there and only ate a roll and drank some water for her "Thanksgiving feast."  So sad.

 

The stunning view of the Pacific Ocean through the trees from the beach house's balcony.

Ron and I beginning our walk with Brynn, Callie, and Vivi.

 



 

 Ron, me, and the baby-to-be.  This is the first picture where you can see the baby bump!

 

 

My crazy brother, Chris, still thinks he's nineteen years old and donned his swim suit, grabbed his skim board, and headed out to the FREEZING ocean for some fun in the surf.  My other brother, Eric, soon joined him and it took the two of them hours to recover from their frozen extremities after returning to the house.  Serves them right!

 

 

The girls smothering Ron--a typical sight at family functions.

 

The two little boys after their naps!  So cute!