Thanksgiving Finally Came

It felt like forever waiting for Thanksgiving this year. We'd been talking about our trip to California for months because Jeff and Kitty were coming home to Cali from England! The last visit we had with them was a while ago. Conner, Jake and I briefly saw Jeff (not Kitty) in an airport in Chicago during Jeff's layover on his move to London in May 2007 (we were on our way to South Carolina from Colorado.) That was before Conner could walk! Before that, Conner and I saw Jeff and Kitty at their wedding in December 2006, while Jake was serving in Iraq. Needless to say, it was time we all got together!!

PICTURES IN PROGRESS HERE...

Family Picture

Are you kidding me? Of course we bribed them with treats to get the group shots. :)
















How awesome is that?

And the Vacation Continues

Conner, Grace and I stayed at my parents house until Dec 10, so we had some time to just kick back and relax. Here are a few shots of us during our stay. Jake was there most of the time, but flew home a week earlier to go back to work.

Here's us at a park in Pleasanton. This slide is really fast if you go down on a sheet of wax paper! :)






One of the best ways to spend time with a kid... a walk in the park.




Sometimes it's fun to give a baby a bath in a sink just because you can. :)


Angela holding Grace and her twins due in January!


Mom was in the room putting Conner to bed and he tried to lay just like she did, with his arm holding up his head. Super cute.


Just helping in the yard


Dad cut holes in a box for Conner to play in, but it was more fun to be chased by Grandma in the box!


Mom and Dad remodeled the back half of their house and they put in a huge tub, so of course we had to climb in and play hide and seek.


Just some T.V. time together. think they're watching Cars.

We found a place to take Conner to see lots of Christmas lights. "Bob's House" in Livermore had about 300,000 lights!





Mom's tradition with the kids is to bake a train cake and decorate it with candy they choose out at the store. All the kids LOVE it and it's fun to see how different the train is each year.

Party at Eric's

We played at the arcade and had pizza at the bowling alley. The kids were very cute to watch. Conner loves to carry his own ball out to the lane. I bowled one of my best games ever, too. It's always more fun to do well. :)













We celebrated Jeff's birthday early (his b-day is Dec. 24,) and since he got a decanter for his birthday, we had to try it out.



How many men does it take to drain a pot?

At least everyone had a good time.

And here's just a little football in the front yard...