Thanksgiving

This year was a pretty relaxing Thanksgiving.  We hung out at the house until 4:00 and traveled the two blocks to my parent's house.  My mother never disappoints when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner.  There is nothing better than my mom's homemade stuffing.  I love the holidays because you get to see family you haven't seen in a while, and it makes you grateful for the things that you have.

I know I'm biased, but I don't think they get much cuter than this...

Then there was Black Friday...  We braved the cold at Toys R Us at midnight and got some great deals.  We then went shopping some more on Friday and got some more deals...

Disneyland

We couldn't go California and not visit Disneyland...

Disney in October is great.  They had the whole place decorated for Halloween.  They also had the Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain changed up with a Halloween-like theme.  It was great!

It took Corbin a little while to get used to the characters, but he warmed up to them by the time that we got to Winnie the Pooh and Tigger.

 

  It didn't take long for Corbin to be excited about every ride he could see.  Anytime he was placed in the stroller to go to another area, he would yell out "ride... ride"...  This is definitely something he got from his mom.  Maybe it was the original trip he took to Disney World when I was first pregnant with him.

   

 It wouldn't have been the same trip without all of the attention from two of Corbin's favorite people  He absolutely loves anything to do with "Papa" and "Gamau."

I was really impressed with how well behaved Corbin was after days in the car, no naps, different rooms and a time change.  He did great!

Corbin's Favorite Ride

You would think that after riding the quarter rides at the mall, the bus at the San Diego Zoo, California Adventure, and Disneyland, Corbin would be tired of rides... 

When checking into the hotel, Jeremy put Corbin on the luggage cart.  Anytime he saw the luggage cart after that, he was on it.  If I had only known that we didn't need to go to amusement parks for Corbin's favorite ride...

Disney California

There was one day on our vacation where it rained, which prevented us from taking a lot of pictures.  That was that day we went to California Adventures.

 Waiting for the Bug's Life Show

Corbin looks like he is about to throw up, but he really enjoyed this ride.

Poncho Boy on the Merry-Go-Round...

He went on this ride a few times...  It was covered from the rain.

Corbin was so good.  He wanted to go on every ride that he could see.  He must get that from his mom...

Santa Monica

When we went up to the L.A. area from San Diego, we decided to take some time and visit the ocean with Corbin.  What better way than to go to the Santa Monica Pier. 

 

 Corbin didn't want to take the picture.  He was more interested in the little tiger sharks we could see from the pier.

 

 At the end of the pier, there was a man singing and playing his guitar.  Corbin walked right up to him and started dancing in front of him.  I only wish I had captured it on video.  I'll have to see if my dad did.
 

  Corbin loved the sand, showing it off in this picture.

 

 My boys at the ocean...

 

 Playing in the water... It was a little cold.

 

 Corbin was amazed that the sand stuck to his feet.  I thought this was so cute...

San Diego Zoo

We took advantage of San Diego and spent a day at the zoo.  Corbin loves animals, so it was a great day for him.  This was a first for all of us...  The San Diego Zoo is so large, they have buses that can take you from one part to another.
 

 

 Corbin's Favorite Animals

(How he says it)

                                     "Beer" (Bear)                                           "Yiyan" (Lion)
                             

He was more interested in the images than the photo opportunity.

I think one of Corbin's favorite things about the trip was being the center of attention of all of the adults.

It was fun to be able to spend the day at the zoo and watch Corbin's excitement at all the animals.

San Diego

While in San Diego, we were able to do a lot of shopping, both at the mall at the Tijuana border and at a swap meet.  We were also able to go look around at both Harbor Village and Old Town.  It was a lot of fun.
 

 We enjoyed the view and the food at Harbor Village.

Corbin loved looking at the boats in the harbor. 

You can see that Jeremy got a little sun during the day at Sea World.

Corbin's favorite part of the shopping were the rides at the mall. 

Sea World

A few weeks ago, we went to California with my parents.  It was a great trip with a ton of firsts for Corbin and a few for Jeremy as well.

We first went to San Diego, and went to Sea World.  This was one of the firsts for both of my boys.

Corbin loved all of the animals.  Even though he didn't take a single nap, he was great the whole time.

                                              (Corbin and Mom holding Star Fish)
We went to more places than just San Diego and Sea World.  Those will be coming soon...  I'm working on them in order for my own journal.

Happy Halloween

 Corbin was a tiger for Halloween this year.  He loved his costume.

 

This year, our ward had a Halloween Carnival and Trunk or Treat at the park in front of our house.  Then we spent the rest of Halloween with family at Natalie and Greg's house.