Thanksgiving & Santa Barbara Trip

Nothin' like a Thanksgiving blog post in late December, but as they say better late than never. We had a great Thanksgiving in large part because my good friend Heng Teoh spent the week with us. Liya loves Heng and we had a good time hanging out in Long Beach and then heading up to Carpinteria to spend Thanksgiving with Kyra's family.

Due to traffic we took the scenic route north out of LA via PCH (which also happens to be considerably longer). Once we arrived we were treated to a feast of wonderful food.

Since we drove all the way up to Carpinteria we figured we might as well stick around and spend the night in Santa Barbara since Kyra and I had never been there together and Heng hadn't either. After a good night's sleep in our hotel (even Liya slept through the night) we spent Friday taking in the Spanish Colonial architecture and strolling the many boutiques that line State Street.

After our fill of shopping we picked up some sandwiches and headed to Chase Palm Park (located right across the street from the beach) for a picnic lunch.Afterwards, we hit the playground and slide that Liya just loved to go up and down, up and down, up and down... It was a great trip that made for a fun family Thanksgiving getaway.