San Diego Thanksgiving

OK, dad here updating the Payne family blog- Joy always likes to add details after the fact; as for me, I like photos.

We drove to San Diego for Thanksgiving this year- quite a journey as it turns out.  We had a wonderful time and were hosted by Paul and Kristyn who live in Vista, CA.  They were wonderful hosts and worked like crazy to make sure we all had a nice time which we did of course.   

 As you might guess, the beach is always the biggest hit with kiddos, and who can blame them?

 Look who ate too much turkey:

 

 David Hasselhoff is a lightweight compared to this water kid:

 Allie and Dad enjoyed boogie-boarding:

Playing in the sand:

 

 

 Cousins are the best:

 Especially when they can't read!

Nice hat, huh Taylor?

 

 

So it turns out we did in fact eat Thanksgiving dinner but wrestling 5 kids puts a damper on the photography bit- we'll need to nab some photos from our family.  Dinner was wonderful, Kid Olympics was a blast, LegoLand was great (if you were the chased not the chaser that is), adult night's out, USS Midway was super cool and Old Town San Diego with a visit to the Mormon Battalion was a great highlight (very well done and fascinating).