Friday, December 7, 2012

Thanksgiving







Apparently I was a horrible picture taker since I only got shots at the zoo, but we got to spend Saturday night through Thanksgiving day (when we drove home) with our cousins, the Browns.  You can see Earl and Kristi (Mike's sister) in the picture just above. 

Our visit was quite the adventure, starting with Zeke throwing up in the car 8 times on the 8 hour drive.  I started feeling sick about lunchtime.  Luckily, it was a 24 hour bug, and by Sunday afternoon we were both feeling better.  Caleb spent a day in quarantine later in the visit, but MIRACULOUSLY we didn't share our fun with any of the Browns!

On the flip side, the Browns had the croup!  While we were there they went to the doctor four times and even headed to the ER late one night for help breathing.  Those sweet little ones really struggled to participate and have fun with the cousins.

We did get to the park a couple of times, to the zoo, to listen to a piano recital given by the two oldest, to have a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner, and even to try a fabulous thing called strawberry lemon stuffed french toast.  I think I had the left overs four three or four meals in a row because it was AMAZING!

Kristi and Earl just purchased a brand new home, and it was just lovely and comfortable.  Thanks for hosting us and braving 5 rowdy boys, K+E!!

1 comment:

Nan said...

I read through all your current posts. It is so good to see the boys involved in so many things. They are growing up too quickly, but I love to see the pictures of them. Glad you had such fun with Browns (except for the being sick part, of course).

So glad you could have your girls' weekend with your sweet mom and Sandra. She (Sandra) has been such a good friend to all of you. And you know how we love your mom.

Thanks for the posts.
Loves