Happy Thanksgiving Friends and Family!Ok - so I'm really late with the TG wishes and this blog. I'm also way behind on email and facebook responses - so if you're waiting on me - I apologize!
Thanksgiving was a great holiday for us. We took the very last days of vacation I had left this year and spent a entire week in Atlanta, GA. We stayed with with Robbie's sister, Tracy, and her family. Robbie's parents, Bob and Dottie, joined us after a few days. It was so fun to watch Owen with his cousins Collin and Carson. Boy did he burn off energy with Collin. And he reaction to Carson was an improvement from March when he didn't want him around at all. Instead this time he sometimes played next to and sometimes ignored him. Collin and Carson also seemed to have fun with Abby. Carson was really gentle with her - so sweet!
Despite the rainy and cold weather, we still managed to do lots of fun stuff. We made it to the Atlanta Aquarium (the biggest in the US). It was incredible - especially the tunnel room where you could see two whale sharks. We also got to pet sting rays and small sharks which was cool too. We also took the kids to the neighborhood park to feed the ducks, and to a tire swing that was way up high in the pine trees. Tracy and I also managed to get some Mary Kay training done in there too. :)
Thanksgiving Day we spent at my grandmother, Nana's house. She was celebrating her 90th birthday and ALL of my Mom's side of the family came to celebrate with her. It's the first time all of us have been together since I was 14 (so almost 20 years). We've been together in various ways, but never all of us. It was a huge gathering as between marriage and kids we've added to the family over the years. 32 people stuffed into the house. :) We also got together the next day for lunch and a birthday cake for Nana. It was so wonderful to see everyone! I only wish I could have spent a lot more time talking to each person.
4 generations of women (Paulla Beard, Rita Thompson, Kristen Gehbauer, Abigail Gehbauer)All in all a wonderful time. Can't say I love flying cross-country with two kids. Owen was actually mostly very well behaved - watch videos a good deal of the time. It was Abby who was the tough one. I don't think we'll be doing long flights again with her until she's a little older and less wiggly/screechy.
We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!
