Thanksgiving Trip

Thanksgiving was a wild adventure this year! We loaded up the truck and headed to Jacksonville, Florida to visit Steve's grandmothers. We drove a total of 26+ hours round trip over the course of four travel days---wow! One funny travel story: on our way through Mississippi, we mentioned stopping for dinner in Hattiesburg, MS. Chloe overheard this discussion and began talking about "cheeseburger dinner at Hattiesburg-er." Guess ya had to be there---She was too cute!

It was a really good visit with family. The girls LOVED playing with Mimi, Papa, and their cousins (Jacob and Hallie). We helped Nana by raking and bagging her leaves---the kids "jumped in" and helped too! :-)

We spent the night with Grandma. The four cousins had a slumber party in the living room! Chloe was the last one to fall asleep each night---go figure!

We watched the parade and saw Santa ride in---then we enjoyed a yummy Thanksgiving dinner. Mmmm!! The kids did art projects, played UNO and flew paper airplanes with Mimi and Papa---lots of giggles! Plus, we were able to take some "generational pictures" with Mimi, Nana, Papa, and Grandma with the kids and grandkids---pretty special!!

On "Black Friday," the boys (and Shelley) hit the mall at 5am to bag some bargains. Unfortunately, Papa didn't quite move fast enough to get his Sony Blue-Ray DVD player---but it was still fun (for the rest of us!?)

On the way home, we stopped for a night in Pensacola, Florida and spent the morning playing on the beach. Hannah ended up wet from head to toe---she REALLY enjoyed her time at the beach! Chloe even warmed up to the idea of barefeet on the sand and got in on the fun...

We've updated the slideshow to the right with pic's from Thanksgiving days, as well as pics from our quick beach detour on the way home. Enjoy!