Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year we planned a road trip to Kansas to spend some time with family.  We got a late start the morning of Tuesday the 26th.  I ended up running Bree to urgent care that morning just to make sure she didn't have an ear infection (she was running a low-grade fever for two nights) and then Kai's easily excitable stomach just got so excited for the trip.  We finally got going nearly at lunch time and so we did what Lightning McQueen would call "gas-n-go".  We ate snacks in the car, got lunch from a drive-thru, and basically just went as fast as we could.  We made the journey in 9 hours!  (Last year it took me about 10 1/2 hours, just to give you a comparison.)  We had a great 3 day visit and then on Saturday the 30th we headed back.  The return journey was a similar story of gas-n-go with pretty similar results--about 9 1/2 hours.  It was a good fun trip.  The boys love their cousins and we love visitng family, which makes for a great trip.

After 8 hours of so in the car.  They were tired but had been really good travelers.  I was sitting in the middle next to Bree.

Playing in the back yard on Thanksgiving day.  It was cold!

Bree getting ready for her first Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Dinner--it was delicious.  Bree even took some bites of turkey and roll.

The day after Thanksgiving we went to the local gymnastic center's open gym time.  The boys LOVED it.  I tried to get a picture of everyone but as you can see, they were in constant motion.

Kai enjoyed laying around in the foam pit for about a half an hour at least.  Silly kid.

The gym had a large bouncehouse with slide set-up on the floor and Finn and Isaac just couldn't get enough of it.

Kristi and I took all 4 boys in her van.  This is how Finn had to ride to get there.  He was a good sport.

That night we made gingerbread houses.  It was one of Finn's highlights.  They both had a great time.

Heading home.  I remembered to take a picture when the sun was up this time.  :)

My travel buddy drinking some juice from a sippy cup.

For lunch on the way back we stopped at a Sonic that had some outdoor seating and a play area.  It was in the 60's and so this was great.  We got fast food, ate quickly, and Bree had some alone time in the van to nurse.  Win-win-win!

Friday night we tried to take some pictures of the little girls together.  They have matching dresses and bows so we dressed them up and tried to get some good pictures.  While we didn't get any actual good poses, we have some great pictures showing the girls' personalities and their interactions.  They are pricelss pictures even if they aren't necessarily ones you would hang on a wall.  This one where Bree is pullng Maci's hair is hilarious to me.  (Bree loves pulling hair--it's comforting to her for some reason!)

Maci wasn't amused with the hair tug.

Since Maci can walk and crawl it was hard to get her to stay still.  Bree was hard to keep interested, so we threw in some toys.  This one of Bree's was a big hit.

Almost a good picture.  If only Bree would have stayed in her spot!

Too cute.  This was our attempt at a second photshoot on Saturday morning.

My baby girl is getting so big.

All of the cousins piled up on the couch for one last picture before we left.