Growing up Country: December 2009

I don't even want to think about our 3 1/2 hour trip to my family's in Clarksville this past week. It was a nightmare to say the least. I'm not even going to try to explain how bad it was. I will just focus on the fun family time we had while we were there. We picked up Matt and Leah at the airport on our way through Nashville. They are doing well, and excited about life in El Paso, Texas. We arrived at "Grandma and Grandpa's" and had a Thanksgiving meal with all of my family and grandparents! We stayed at my brother John's house a few minutes away and that worked out very nicely. (Thankyou John!) Thursday, we traveled about an hour to Bowling Green, Ky where most of my dad's family lives. We had an awesome meal at Aunt Claudine and Uncle Ricky's home. We got to see several of our aunts and uncles and cousins while we were there. That evening we had pizza and played a fun game at John's house while the kids ran wild! Friday morning I was able to go shopping (not too early) with my mom and sisters -- with NO KIDS! (Thank you Rob!) We started the morning off right with a quick stop at Starbucks for a peppermint mocha latte' and then commenced to shopping! After shopping for a while we ate lunch together at O' Charley's. We had a good time visiting together. Later that afternoon the little ones "helped" Grandma decorate her Christmas tree. We left about 7pm so that the kids would sleep on the way home. That was the plan in our head at least... Since all three of our children have had a cold, sinus infection, or ear infection recently they all kept coughing and waking each other up on our wonderful drive home. I had never been happier to get home in all my life!!!

Leah and Silas