A California Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving, we headed out to California to visit Valerie's parents. It had only been two months since Brooklyn and Val's trip but Charlie had not been out since March. The weather was fabulous while we there which doesn't always happen in Monterey.

Brooklyn's sleep schedule was a bit off while we were there. She was waking up around 5:30 AM! She was still on Central time:) With her getting up so early she fell asleep on peoples laps a couple times. Here she is with Grandma. They were watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Brooklyn woke up a couple times to clap for the parade only to lay back down and go to sleep.

Getting some quality time with Great Grandpa Rey on Thanksgiving.

Grandpa Nelson is always willing to share his favorite type of cookie with Brooklyn. Here she is enjoying her Oreo. By the time she was done, it was all over her-including her toes!

The Friday following Thanksgiving, Val's sister and her family came down to visit. Above is Brooklyn with her cousin Autumn enjoying a ride on the bike together. Brooklyn is three days older.

Autumn pushing Brooklyn and cousin Coral.

Look Grandpa!

Saturday afternoon we headed over to Monterey. This was Brooklyn's first trip to the beach. We have visited and looked at the beach before but this was the first time she experience touching the sand. She LOVED it! It was a real joy to see her so happy.

Brooklyn was a bit leery of the sand at first but within minutes she was picking it up and sharing with Grandma. Eventually the sharing turned into throwing it at Grandma:) Brooklyn was smiling ear to ear and laughing so hard.

Throwing the sand.

We also attended the local Christmas parade. Brooklyn was frightened at first by the motorcycles but enjoyed the rest of it. She was clapping and smiling at the acts going by. There were some entertaining groups.