This year for Thanksgiving, we were invited to visit our friends the Christensen's in La Ferra, Texas. These are some dear friends we met in Philadelphia and Caleb plans on marrying their daughter someday, so they are extra special! They happened to move to Texas not long after we did, and live down at the southern most tip right by the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexico border. We were excited to see a new part of Texas and see the Gulf of Mexico while we there. It was a great drive down and it was a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Caleb, Emery, and Reese are all ready for Thanksgiving dinner. Everything turned out great! Stephanie was a wonderful host.
The yummy turkey! Brydon is becoming quite the turkey cooking pro. The beautiful flower arrangement Stephanie made. She is very talented!
Thanksgiving was great! We even braved Walmart on Black Friday (now really Thursday) to purchase the big Christmas family gift. I was in line for over 2 hours but I scored the big surprise!
South Padre Island
The day after Thanksgiving, we were able to visit South Padre island in the Gulf of Mexico. Our first stop was at the Sea Turtle Inc. A sea turtle rescue center. It was a really neat place and our animal loving son, loved it!
We got to see baby sea turtles and sea turtles with missing fins that needed extra care.
There were a lot of tanks of sea turtles.
This sea turtle loves lettuce and is great at poising for pictures.
These two boys are pretty amazing at poising for pictures too!
These poor guys are in the Intensive Care Unit and are recent arrivals that need extra help
This is Allison. She has lost 3 flippers and uses the prosthesis on the left to swim.
You can watch her and other sea turtles on the live cam at
Our Cute Crew!
The Gulf of Mexico
There is nothing this boy loves more than the beach! It was so fun to get a day at the beach.
Our Crazy Beach Bum!
Someday this boy is truly going to grow gills.
This Gulf is beautiful. The water was warm and it was an amazing day.
Caleb got to try out the boogie board this time and loved it! He was so sweet with Reese and learned to master it pretty well.
Best Beach Buddies!
My Two Favorite People!
My Beautiful Amazing Friend!
We are so lucky to have them as friends.
We loved our day at the Beach!
I wish I had gotten pictures but we went to a really unique Mexican flea market. La Ferria is about 75% Latino and you hear Spanish almost anywhere you go. The flea market was a great place to get fruit, clothes, jewelry, food, and any other random items you can think of. I just didn't get any cool pictures but we loved going.
La Ferria Zoo
A visit to a new place would never be complete without a trip to the zoo. It was a great little zoo.
Fabulous Kiddos!
These two best friends are too precious. Caleb still plans on marrying this sweet girl someday and they are both quite committed. So far he as great taste!
At the end of our visit we even did a quick stop by The Bass Pro Shop to see Santa. One of the best Santa's we have seen in Texas.
It was a great Thanksgiving and so fun to spend it with great friends. We are so lucky to have so many wonderful friends in lives.
Thank you Christensen Family for a Happy Thanksgiving!
YAY!! Looks like so much fun!!
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