What to do the day after Thanksgiving

The Friday after Thanksgiving was the girls and my last full day in California.  All we knew for sure is that we wanted to spend it with family.  And that is what we did.

Shopping

Kim and Kathy went shopping at Piecemakers Country Store and Quilt Shop.  I had a great time picking out Christmas fabric and Christmas presents that all were 25% off.  The best part was that I had Kathy as my own personal shopping consultant.  We also enjoyed a home cooked lunch at their shop.

Surfing

Kathy and I had to hurry back from shopping to be in time for the afternoon surfing lessons.  Andy had bought these as a Christmas gift for the girls.  (Yes, he did offer it to me also but I decided to pass.)  Jonna and I were the official photographers of this event.  Sela, a past recipient of surfing lessons, demonstrated, and Eli came along to play in the water.

Gingerbread Village Assembly

I was unaware that Jonna has a tradition of assembling gingerbread houses every Christmas season.  This has never been a tradition for me so I need to clarify here that Jonna is the expert.  She gave us our assignments on Friday night and we all got to work.  Jonna used a glue gun but the rest of us tried to use only frosting.  Most of us were using the glue gun before the project was done even though one of us insisted this was cheating.