Oodles of Knudles Reunited!

We had a Thanksgiving to remember, celebrating with my great grandma Knudsen's side of the family! We all got together at my parents house and had loads of fun (especially the children!) We had activities ranging from train rides pulled by a quad, old fashioned team-building games, breaking open a piñata and the best was the crazy cute Talent Show. Some of the talents that were shared were jump roping, singing, trumpet and keyboard playing, dance routines, and even balancing on a long balance beam. It was pretty awesome. :) 

Us Weathersby's do things the "untraditional way." We eat our Thanksgiving dinner on paper plates because there are just too many of us-- it would take HOURS to do dishes after dinner... and who really wants to spend their entire Thanksgiving doing that? We also love being outside and let the kids run wild. Some kids DIDN'T want to leave-- like ever. They begged their mom's to stay FOREVER. I can't blame them. My parents have a pretty darn fun house. I consider myself pretty darn lucky blessed.

I am truly thankful for my crazy fun, wild family.

 My favorite part of the day was watching Kayden do his belly roll for us after his grandma begged him to. That kid is awesome.

Even though Kristie and Patty are not technically "Knudsens" they are a part of our family and it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without them there! I am truly thankful for them. 

My dad insisted on feeding Hudson on his lap. Hudson enjoyed every single bite, especially because it was spooned into his mouth with so much love.

Now it's time to get my butt back into gear. I seriously gained 2 pounds in four days... no joke. But man, it tasted great going down. :)

All of my Christmas decorations are up and I am now in complete Christmas mode. The Michael Buble christmas cd is A. MAZE. ING. 

Sea World Part II

We treated ourself to a $4 iced lemonade because it sounded delicious! 

Hudson didn't last (he doesn't drink frozen lemonade anyway) very long. This little guy needed a power nap!

We liked the Sea Lion Live show the best! It was adorable and quite funny I must say!

These birds were not afraid of anyone. They would walk right up to anyone holding a fish to feed the seals and didn't hold back at all. It was hilarious!

Hudson had fun at the Pet's Rule show

His favorite part was making the completely wasted men behind us laugh uncontrollably. All he had to do was smile at them and they LOVED it, they had a little too much to drink that day. But really, how does that smile not make you want to laugh, drunk or not? He is too adorable for words.

I will admit, my least favorite show at Sea World is the Shamu show. Sue me. Maybe my expectations are too high for that show, it just didn't do anything for me. But I do think they are magnificent creatures!

We finished off the day taking Parker on a couple of the kids rides. For being tired and not getting a nap, he was in heaven. It was getting him off of the rides and into the stroller to leave that was the most challenging part! ha ha!

Hudson cuddled right up to his daddy and fell fast asleep while Parker went on the rides.

We had fun eating Blue Water Sea food for dinner that night and then enjoying Thrifty ice cream
 and watching Parenthood (my favorite show) after the kids went to bed. I love vacation. I don't know if I mentioned that yet. :)
I'll leave you with this amazing picture of Parker eating his ice cream (he gets his excitement and love for ice cream from his mama!)

More on our trip later... 

What's not to love about sea world?

We decided it was high time for a family vacation (a whole 5 day vacation-- it was awesome!) We went to San Diego and took the kids to Sea World for the first time. It was a blast-- probably my favorite part of our trip! Parker was so excited to go see the the whales, penguins, sharks and "dolpins"(dolphins)!

 But he wasn't so excited that I started taking so many pictures of him... a mother has to document her child's first time to a place like Sea World! Come on! He'll learn to accept it soon hopefully. :)

 Our kids were too little to go on Journey To The Atlantis ride (the only cool ride at Sea World) so I made Steve go by himself since he has never been on it before. Sorry random lady, but you're in our picture: Say Cheese!

 He's such a big boy to go on the ride all by himself!

 Hudson had to get a picture with the penguins to show off his adorable penguin hat!

 Look at those chubby cheeks! Man that kid is so darn cute!

 Hudson was SO happy all day and never cried even once! He was so fascinated with all of the new things to look at and see for the first time. I think I might have kissed his cheeks at least 200 times that day. What's not to love about this little chubby cheek, penguin face? Seriously.

 Seeing the world through your children's eyes is probably the most fun, rewarding, exciting thing in the world as a parent.

 Parker's favorite part was the sharks! 

I think it's because he got to sit on his daddy's shoulders while going through the shark tunnel.

 Sharks scare me to death. But I'm glad Parker enjoyed it!

More on our Sea World vacation tomorrow. I took SO many pictures, it was too many for one post!

Stay tuned...