Happy Holidays!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and weekend. I cooked a Turkey for my family, something I don't usually do but I did pretty good this Thanksgiving if I do say so myself. Everyone contributed to the feast and it turned out very nice. The following day, "Black Friday" I decided not to shop and to take a long drive to visit Julian, a really cute town located in the San Diego county mountains. BIG MISTAKE! Everyone who was ditching "Black Friday" was there. You couldn't find parking and forget even strolling along the sidewalks, there was no room! After several attempts to eat lunch without waiting 45 minutes to an hour we decided we would just have some Julian apple pie and then go. The place was very crowded! We also had eight children between myself and my sister so this was challenging BUT apple pie in the park did the trick.
The best thing was the crisp 52 degree air and the feeling of fall. Christmas's approach was very evident everywhere you turned. Red ribbons, lights and even dressed up horse carriages were all around us and the sign of first snow felt close by. Unfortunately in San Diego we have one season and that's 75 degrees all the time. If it gets down to 65 degrees we swear we're going to die of the cold and when it's 90 degrees we think we're going to dehydrate and faint. Happy medium San Diego is what we mostly have. I can get pretty sick of tees and sandals so the cold weather was very inviting.
So the Holiday season is here and the upcoming weeks will be filled with baking and gifting and we can't forget the ugly part-SHOPPING. Don't get me wrong, shopping can be fabulous until you can't find that special, unique gift OH and not to mention when you forget what the season is all about. For me and my family it's JESUS.
So whatever the season holds for you and yours take it slow and remember what it's all about!
Happy Holidays to you.
Evie