Thanksgiving

We drove up to the Santa Cruz beach house for Thanksgiving. We split the drive up in half, stopping overnight in San Luis Obispo. Aunt Cristin came in the car with us and helped entertain Braydon. We left on Wednesday night and arrived in Santa Cruz on Thursday afternoon. We were there with Grandma and Grandpa Schwarz and Cristin. We went to Shadowbrook Restaurant in Capitola for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. The restaurant is in Capitola and is REALLY cool. It has a trolley you take down to the restaurant which is not he river and tucked into the cliff. Braydon did great at dinner, entertained by the fish tank and the yummy food. Before dinner we ran around the beach in Capitola, a little girl about Braydon's age ran up to him and gave him a big kiss on the lips, it was so cute!

On Friday we drove to Great Grandma and Great Grandpa's in Los Altos where we met up with Mimi and Grampy too. We ended up going to my great Aunt Charlene's funeral which was sad. Not exactly the best place for a hyper 2 year old either. He was running around, pulling American flags off the gravestones and waving them and throwing flowers. Craig chased him around trying to entertain him and distract him away from the service. It was pretty funny actually. After we went back to Great Grandma and Grandpa's house and hungout, it was great seeing them, Bray gave them both lots of big kisses :)

On Saturday Mimi and Grampy Wilder came to the beach house. Grandma and Grandpa Schwarz and Cristin went touring around Santa Cruz while Craig, Bray, Mimi, Grampy and I hungout at the beach. Craig surfed and Bray was concerned when he disappeared into the water. He kept pointing to the ocean saying "uh oh, Daddy". He got REALLY excited and ran to Daddy when he got out of the water. He LOVES Mimi. When we would stray too far away from her on the beach he would yell "Mimi!!" And go running to her. He and Grampy built a sandcastle and chased birds. That night we all went to Moss Landing and got delicious Cioppino soup. He sat between both Grandpas and accidentally whacked Grandpa Schwarz in the eye with a crab cracker giving him a bruise. Whoops!

On Sunday Cristin flew back home and Craig, Jerry, Jan and I all left to go to Pebble Beach for a few days for a golf tournament. Mimi and Grampy stayed at the beach house to hangout with Bray who kept them VERY busy. He loves them! We got lots of video updates, one of the days Braydon ran a marathon on the beach. Just sprinted back and forth, waring Mimi and Grampy out I'm sure. He also had a playdate with his second cousin Landon at the park. He cuddled up with Mimi each night and watched Winnie the Pooh or Toy Story.

On Tuesday Craig and I drove to the Monterey Wharf where Mimi and Grampy were hanging out with Bray, watching seals and chasing Seagulls. They bought him a train that made noises that is his new favorite toy. After hanging out for a bit we took a long 7 hour drive back home. Bray did great the whole ride until we accidentally left the choo choo at a Jack in the Box off the 47. We finally distracted him from it with a DVD. The next morning when he woke up and asked for the choo choo I knew we were in trouble, thankfully Mimi was smart and had bought extras so she Fed Exed one to us the next day.