This year we had Thanksgiving dinner with Kathryn’s family up at the cabin.  There was a little bit of snow, but we were able to drive all the way up to the cabin.  We did need to get a car wash before we came home though.  This was our first real outing with Baby Ashley.  She did great and was a real star.  Dinner was great.  We all had plenty of great food to eat.  Thanks Suzanne for the great dinner!  Ben and Emily drove in from California for the weekend and it was fun to see them.

Thursday night we drove in to Walmart for a little “grey Thursday” shopping.  We picked up another pile of movies for cheap.  This has become a new family tradition.

We stayed Thursday night at the cabin and then stayed the next night in SLC at Kathryn’s house.  On Saturday, Josie and Jimmy came up with the girls and it was lots of fun to see them.  We also got to take Ashley to see Great Grandpa Don.  This is his first great-granddaughter on the Fairbanks side.

I’m glad to be back home now after the long weekend.  It’s exhausting traveling with a newborn.

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On our last full day, we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium, went the the beach, and played tennis.  It was all fantastic.  Here are some fun pictures from the beach.  That’s Pebble Beach golf course in the background.

Thanks Tim and Suzanne for the great trip!

This day was dedicated to golfing.  We started out with a drive around 17 mile loop, which is where Pebble Beach and some other amazing golf courses are located.  We saw the loan cypress tree, which is featured on the Pebble Beach logo.  Then we stopped by the Pebble Beach lodge and got some amazing pics.  So pretty!

After our fun drive, it was time for our tee time at the course at the hotel and the start of the Hawker Open.  Every year, the Hawker boys compete for the family title.  I got to join this year.  This is my 2nd time actually playing golf, so I was thrilled to actually get par on one hole.  That hole was definitely an outlier though.  In the end, Ben came out on top and took the title of family champion.  While the boys were golfing, the girls got pampered getting both a pedicure and a manicure!