This year for Thanksgiving we decided to break tradition and head west to spend the holiday with family. To be honest I was kind of looking forward to experiencing all the cliches that come along with this time of year: traveling, crowded houses, and sharing stories and memories of past holidays. So we packed up and joined the all the other holiday travelers.
This was Rian's idea of getting ready to go. Nice try, but try again...
...Much better
Rory was so excited to go because he knew he was going to get to celebrate his birthday early this year with what was deemed his California birthday! (More on that to come)
Thankful that Randy always drives.
Making a "Thanksgiving Eve" dinner with my mom.
He was so excited that he was going to have a birthday celebration with his cousins.
Our tradition of orange cinnamon rolls and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade continued.
So while Randy took the kids to visit with family, I got in a pre-turkey workout and then helped with the prepping of the food. Ok, so helping is probably a little misleading. That is unless you think sitting at the counter, drinking coffee and watching the prep happen is helping. Then yes, I helped!!!
This poor turkey looked that it was trying to do a handstand.
Baby Zoe is so pretty!
This picture kills me! Rory's face when he realizes that he just opened a gift that was on his wish list, and Rian in the background with that frowny face!!!
A huge thank you to everyone who gave Rory a gift! :0)
And well clearly Rian needed a quick nap to recharge.
Happy Birthday Rory!
My 94-year-old Nana is the best. She's game for anything, even making silly faces.
Taking a break from playing Apples to Apples to watch Rory do some magic tricks. Thanks Grammie for the magic set.
Next up, Jenga!
This is my favorite picture from our trip. Rian giving Nana a hug goodbye.
The next morning Rory got in on the cleaning.
Heading home with half of my parents's house packed in the back of the car. Haha! At least that's what it felt like.
It was a looooong ride home.
And although we had a rough ride home, it was a trip filled with lasting memories.
Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back in a few days with Rory's birthday party he had here, because sometimes you just have to celebrate turning 7 twice!!! :0)
xoxo
-aMie
