Arizona Thanksgiving 2013

We were happy to get to warmer after the cold streak we'd been having here at home.  We hadn't been to Arizona for a year, so it was nice to go back.  After a quick stop in St. George for a night, the drive was pretty easy.  Our boys are still good travelers.  I don't know at what point we will stop saying that - but with treats prepared ahead of time and some DVDs, they are good to go.  And Jonah was just a sweetheart, both ways.  Bless him.

We stayed with Dave and Karyn and their kids.  My family is always so nice to let this party of five crash their place for days on end.  The best part about trips like these is how occupied the kids are.  We literally hardly see them for days as they are off playing with cousins from morning 'til night.  Gavin and McKay are at ages now where we could send them to the park with the other kids and I felt like they would be safe.

Thanksgiving dinner was at Grandma and Grandpa Woolf's house.  It did not disappoint!  While I do not have a picture of my race earlier that day, I ran a 10K with Allison and Karyn.  It was hard.  I was last.  But that's not the important part.  The important part was that I actually did it.  The other important part was that Brian held Jonah after our yummy dinner so I could fully enjoy my piece of pumpkin cheesecake.  The kids loved making gumdrop turkeys with grandpa and Gavin worked extensively on his drawing for the art contest.  He won "Most Original" and was pretty excited about it.

Nate and Lynsey and their families came over to Dave's everyday so there was lots of playing and park time.  I accidentally broke McKay's stick during the group picture, so he's was a little bent out of shape.    Made for one of my favorite pictures of him ever!  We did an adult date night with yummy mexican food and the traditional Bahama Bucks run.  Dad rode his bike over and took the kids around the block a few times.  We visited Mother.  Ann and Steve Williams and their kids even drove over to see us for a bit.  Steve took Brian to sushi and made his year complete.  Seeing them was an absolute highlight.  It was a wonderful, quick trip.

In a split minute decision, we decided to go home a little early and left at 7pm and got to St. George around 2am instead of leaving the following morning.  I was grateful that Brian got us there in one piece since I am not always a reliable nighttime driver!  As always, we were happy to get to our little home on 1010 West.