The LaRoe Family: Christmas Lights!!

I was going through our pictures to post some really cool pictures of Christmas lights that we took on our most favorite street, then I realized I completely skipped over Thanksgiving! Oops. So here are a few from our Thanksgiving we had at Mike's parents house in Lompoc. My parents came up also, so it was a lot of fun having the whole family together! The food was great and the kids had a BLAST playing with their cousins. Thanks Chuck and Hildie for a great Thanksgiving dinner!! We drove home that night (2 1/2 hrs!) so I could shop with my Mom the next morning. It has become a tradition for my Mom and I to wake up early and join all the other crazy, lunatic shoppers. It's actually fun for us, although this year I did something I never before attempted. The Disney store in our mall actually opened at midnight the night of Thanksgiving and yes, I went. My friend Jessie and I braved the crowd and survived. We got some good stuff too! Then I met my Mom at Toys R' Us at 6. I was exhausted, but it was so fun. Then on Saturday, we had another Thanksgiving dinner, this time at my parents house, which was also great. Thanks Mom for our yummy dinner! Here are the Thanksgiving pics....

"Gi-gi" and the kids

I thought this was a cute picture of Conner and Preston playing in the yard

Aaden loves his Uncle Trent!

The cousins building sand castles

Mike eating ham (he-he!)

Swinging on Grandma and Grandpa's swing

Aunt Jenny being smooshed by children

Here are a few pictures of dinner at my parents house...

"Bumpa" and Aaden

My brother is so weird =)

So now for the original reason for the post...Christmas lights!!! Mike and I absolutely love going to look at Christmas lights with the kids (although I think we enjoy it more!). We go out at least every other night to look and of course we bring our mugs of hot chocolate and blast Christmas music in the car...it's so much fun!! There are a handful of streets in our city that go bonkers with lights, but there is one street in particular that is our absolute favorite. We take the kids there all the time! Just about every house is covered in lights and they even string the lights from house to house across the street. I have been going to this street for years and it is so fun for Mike and I to now take our kids there!!

We usually park the car and walk the street because it is so amazing. It has actually been pretty cold here, so the last few times we went the kids really had to be bundled!