A Morales Minute

We celebrated Thanksgiving at my parents house this year. My cousins Curt and Adam and their families came also. It made for a very cheerful house. The kids enjoyed playing with their cousins. I love it when my kids can make friends quickly and play well together for so long.  I enjoyed seeing Curt again. It'd been a few years since I saw him last. We were at BYUI together which was a lot of fun. He's had a little spot in my heart for many years. I enjoyed getting to know his wife Jen better and catching up as well. And of course seeing their adorable kids. Last time I saw them their 3rd was an infant so it was fun to see how they've grown and also meet their youngest.  Lindsey, Adallyn, and Colter. Two of Adam and Brandi's adorable kids. There were so many little ones it was hard not to go around kissing them all! Cousins with their great-grandparents Adams's crew of 6, Curt's crew of 6, and my crew of 6 went Black Friday shopping togethe...

Saturday November 15 ~ San Diego Temple One Sunday, when Jaime and I were fresh in our relationship, Jaime wrote me this little note and handed it to me with the picture of the temple. I've kept it in my scriptures ever since.  From the beginning Jaime has said we will go there some day. Well, that day came a lot sooner than we ever thought it would. Thanks to Jaime's parents watching the kids, Jaime and I left the hotel early to make the drive to be at the temple for an 8:00 session.  It's so beautiful! Staircase after staircase. When we walked in to the Celestial room the sun was streaming in through the windows making the room even brighter!  I'm so blessed After the temple we went back to the hotel to pack up.  We went to visit the beach and the pier that is the longest one on the west coast.  At the end of the pier is Ruby's Diner. It was lunch time so we decided to have lunch on the ocean. :) ...

Friday November 14 ~ Sea World! This was a first for me. Palm trees can be ugly! I knew the palms would die and I just thought they'd fall off. Apparently they need to be cut off. The palm trees I've seen have been on resorts or on personal property where they're taken care of. I have a new perspective of these trees now. Anyway… on to Sea World! Martin and Diana Marcus and Miranda Bel and Chris left Thursday morning because Chris had to get back to work. :( These little guppies would come and suck on your hand. It felt so weird. Tyler kept doing it over and over he thought it was so funny.  Tyler's hand are up for some fun! Sea World has 10 orca whales. I truly am amazed at these. They're so beautiful and fun to watch. See that one in the back? He's scratching his back. The sea lion show was so funny. Quite the act.  The dolphin show is quite the production. Music, dancing people, dancing dolphins, and e...

Thursday November 13 ~ Lego Land Just hanging out with some Friends.  We visited Washington D.C. Each of these buildings was made with hundreds of legos. It really is pretty miraculous.  Yes, Darth is made of Legos All Legos Aidan's in paraidse The Lego horses weren't really Legos. Lol The rides at Lego Land are really geared towards kids. There weren't many people at the park so the kids were able to ride the rides quickly and on some, they didn't even have to get off to ride again! Wish Disneyland was like that.  Liv and I riding a peddle car roller coaster type ride.  These were pretty fun. We had to pull ourselves up using kid power! Just cruising around town. They received a driver's license after this…I think they need more practice though. :) Yup, made of Legos Weeeeeeee!! Excuse Tyler picking a wedgie but look how tall these Lego buildings are!