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Earthquake Country! November 30, 2010

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Sunday, we all wanted to get outside and get some fresh air!
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We gathered up the family and headed out on a 1.5 hour road trip to Point Reyes.
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What a good lookin’ bunch, yes?

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The drive up north was great, so much to look at. This is San Quentin prison! Yikes!
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We finally got up to our destination!
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Welcome to Earthquake Trail!
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This was a half mile educational loop filled with all kinds of info about how Earthquakes work. (All of us nerds loved it!)

EJ proclaimed: “Take a picture of this sign and we can read it later”. lol
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The hike itself was more of a stroll, but it was nice.

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And then we found this!

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Those blue posts mark the San Andreas fault!
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All I kept thinking of was Land of the Lost when they fall into the earthquake crack. LOL
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The best part was seeing this fence. This was once connected, but in the early 1900s, the plates moved 12 feet in less than a minute!
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Here is all four of us demonstrating how far apart the plates moved!
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After our geography lesson, we headed over to a history lesson!
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They have an old Indian Village that has been restored to it’s original form.
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This used to be how they lived!
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And they had Teepees too!
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Then we went inside the “Sweat Room” (not quite sure what that was for. lol)
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EJ running out of the Sweat Room. HAHA
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Then for some reason, I decided to jog back to the car.
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It was a fun way to spend the day.
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So much of this great state to explore still.

 

A Year to be Thankful for… November 29, 2010

Thanksgiving was a blast this year. It’s always fun when families from all over the country can get together to celebrate family. This time around, we headed up to San Francisco to Irving’s mom’s house.

We left late on Wednesday night to ‘beat’ the traffic rush. We hit a little bit on the grapevine heading out of Los Angeles…
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But after that, it opened up and it was actually a really nice drive. Per usual, we stopped at Harris Ranch for dinner. I love that place. One of these days, we’re going to spend the night there, it’s just so cute.

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On Thanksgiving Day, we woke up, and the cooking began!
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I made my favorite Sweet Potato Casserole (the recipe from my Aunt Donna that I make for Thanksgiving every year). It’s so good!
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Awe!
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Before we knew it, EJ (Irving’s sister) and  her wife Sarah had arrived…and jumped straight into the kitchen!
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Sarah’s mom Mona and Nini struck up a conversation and entertained the cooks.IMG_2088

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Irving also helped prepare our Thanksgiving meal…
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Don’t worry…we woke him up to carve the Turkey!
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Sarah made a fantastic Pecan Pie!
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All the siblings-in-laws (is that a word?)
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Our Turkey was AWESOME! I am not a huge turkey eater, but I really enjoyed this one.
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Ok.. ready for the menu?

Wine & Rolls
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Cranberry Sauce with Cream Cheese and Pecans
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Sweet Potato Casserole
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Peas with Pearl Onions
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Gravy
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Green Bean Casserole
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Pineapple and Cheese (I need to get this recipe, it was sugary goodness!)
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Garlic Mashed Potatoes
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Happy Thanksgiving!!
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My Plate:
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Cheers to a great family, all together!
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And if that wasn’t enough food… perhaps we should have dessert? We had a whole bunch of treats including the Peacn Pie, Pumpkin Cheesecake and these chocolate covered dates we brought back from Dubai!
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We finished off the night with a fun game of ‘Apples to Apples’. Even Nini played, it was so fun!
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And then I think we all fell asleep with food comas. What a fun day!

 

 
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