Thanksgiving with newlyweds, Breakfast in Marina Del Rey and a walk on the beach...

We have just had a lovely Thanksgiving 'break'. You'll be pleased to know that it wasn't entirely fun-free! We shared Thanksgiving day with Brian and Polly and we have pictures to prove it! Brian and Polly only got married on the 29th of October and I documented their special day a few blog posts back... So imagine our delight to be able to share their first official Thanksgiving as a married couple! 
Here is a picture of a sign they had up on their bookcase: :)

They have already made their home so 'welcoming'... love this pic of the two of them!

Plus, the American Football was on: (which is typical for Thanksgiving day, I believe...)

The table set:

Here are the newly weds in action doing the final preparations:

Then, to sit down and enjoy the feast:

Our lovely hosts:

Then, on Saturday, we were invited by friends of ours whose family own a restaurant and we got to go to the 'test run' for the reopening of the restaurant after four months of refurbishments! The restaurant is called J Nichols Kitchen and it is in Marina Del Rey, which is close to the LA Airport (LAX) and +- 40 minutes drive away from where we live. The J Nichols Restaurant reminded us so much of JBay's InFood! We felt a bit like we had made our way to Jeffreys Bay in 40 minutes!


So, the deal was that we had a limited selection on a menu but that it was FREE! Wow- what incredible food. Seriously- I had a breakfast BLT and it had the most lovely flavour combinations. Izak had a more traditional breakfast, but even his scrambled eggs were exceptionally tasty! What a real treat. Nothing like an incredible breakfast to start the day!

After the breakfast, we headed down the coast for a little drive. Here is a little map showing the area that we were in:

These are some pics from our drive:

And then, here are some pics from our walk:

It was such a beautiful day and it really helped us feel like we had gotten away! Being outside and breathing in fresh ocean air just does something to our souls! 


Psalm 8:3-4, "When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him?"


Thanks for reading!