Our little social butterfly HATES to miss a party! Brooklyn spent the first night in the same room as Grandma and Grandpa. Needless to say, Grandpa didn't get much sleep that first night!
Grandma and Grandpa's air mattress bed was a perfect trampoline!
Brooklyn slept in Mom and Dad's room after that first night! She knows we are party poopers and actually went to sleep.
We took a little road trip to Kirksville, Missouri to see Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Brendon. When Steph had told me that they lived in the middle of nowhere, I didn't realize how middle of nowhere it actually was! We drove through miles and miles of country and through twisty, turvy, up and down, roller coaster highways to get to their house.
Brooklyn was a real trooper. Throughout all the twists and turns and ups and downs she sat in her car seat in the back saying, "Wooo!"
(She also learned to say, "Cheese!" when the camera gets pulled out and she makes this funny face!)
The 10 hour drive was well worth it! We got there just in time for Brendon's birthday! We had a yummy Birthday dinner, fun games of Spades and my new favorite, Ticket to Ride, and lots of catching up and bonding.
Brooklyn loved playing on the stairs
Grandpa was trying to catch up on email, but just wasn't able to take his attention away from Brooklyn... or was it Brooklyn demanding attention from Grandpa? I can't remember.
Then we had a long 10 hour drive back to Michigan.
Fortunately, we got to play with Grandma and Grandpa for a couple more days before they headed back to Utah. Unfortunately, most of that time was messing with car problems that we were having. But it was still SO fun to have some time with them!
Bye everyone! Thanks for the fun trip! We miss you already and can't wait to see you all at Christmas!!
5 comments:
Thanks for squeezing in the word "bonding." That was too much fun!! Counting down the days to Christmas to play some more (for even longer)!
We just loved having the family in our home and enjoyed the late nights with games, talking, and...bonding!
We love you guys! Give that baby a kiss for me.
The whole trip was soooo much fun! The games were a highlight but the bonding was best. We're looking forward to Christmas!
Steph only live 10 hours from you?!? That's like right around the corner!
Yay for family visits. Will we be able to see you at Christmas too?
It looks like you all had fun on the family trip, even without the entire family there. We wish we could've gone with you guys! P.S. I love the picture of Brooklyn in the car-seat. :-)
Hey, I loved all the pictures. They brought tears to my eyes. It is sooooo nice to have family come and vistit. I miss mine so much. I hope you all have fun at Christmas. What a fun time.
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