On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, we kept the kids home from school and settled into the car for our drive to Richmond to share Thanksgiving with our family. The kids were so excited to see everyone again and to get to play in the piles of Fall leaves on the ground that we just don't get here in Florida. As beautiful as the leaves are, it's still really hard to leave our sunny weather with temperature in the low 80s! Emory and Ellie just didn't understand why they couldn't wear shorts as we headed north since it was so warm here when we left.
Our last few trips have gone really smoothly but this was our first trip with both Piper and Owen. The puppies haven't spent much time in the car but finally settled in for the ride and went to sleep after taking their medicine from the vet. Ellie decided to take a nap too after we were stuck in a long back up due to road work and ending up spending over 10 hours in the car.
Our late arrival made us miss the dinner that we had planned with Kenny, Leigh-Emma and Jack but Kenny took the next day off so that we could spend some time with Jack. It was so much fun now that he can talk a little and really play. The kids had fun reading books with him and playing outside with balls and toys. Owen and Piper enjoyed checking out someone a little more their size too!
We had beautiful weather on Thanksgiving day as we headed over to Tammy and Dante's to spend time with everyone. We took Piper and Owen this year and they had the best time playing outside with the other dogs.
Gee and Pa brought Thanksgiving presents for the kids and Ellie especially enjoyed reading books to Gee.
Emory and Ellie couldn't wait to get onto Uncle Dante's tractor again and had so much fun driving around and around the house.
Thanksgiving dinner was incredible as usual thanks to Chef Dante. The dining room was beautiful too. Here's Ellie posing with the Ledford Lion that she brought home in the Travel Backpack from school. Ellie wrote journal entries about all of her adventures with the Ledford Lion during her trip to Richmond.
We had one last visit with Kenny, Leigh-Emma and Jack before heading back to Richmond. Look at all of those cute kids!
After our fun visit to Richmond, it was once again time to load back into the car and head south.
