Thanksgiving Report
Just a quick report on our Thanksgiving last week. We took the kids to Richmond, VA to visit Anna's sister Marcy. Anna's Dad and step-Mom were also there making it a fun visit for everyone.
Tues- I had an interview with Michigan's pediatric program and spent the day in Flint, MI seeing part of the program up there. I got home at about 3pm and helped Anna finish packing and getting everything ready. We left Ann Arbor for our 10 hour drive and obviously didn't get to Richmond until very late (or early Wed morning).
Wed- Hanging out and Jayda and Addison played with all of the cousins. Here is a photo of Jayda and Addison with their cousins Mya and Megan. 
Thursday/Turkey Day- Big dinner at Marcy and Taylor's house. Great food, fun times to visit, football on TV, games for the kids. Of course I forgot the camera that day and so have no pictures of the actual dinner of anything related to it. After dinner Grandpa Craig took all of the kids swimming at the hotel. Jayda loved the water of course and especially the hot tub (not very hot, so she did fine in the water). Addison went to bed so she didn't get a chance to play in the water.
Here is Jayda and Grandpa Craig in the hot tub.
Friday- Anna woke up early and went with Marcy to do the Black Friday 6am shopping routine. I stayed back with the girls and slept in a little. Anna found some good deals of course, and enjoyed shopping in a short sleeve shirt as the weather was so warm in Richmond. (70+ degrees for two of the days we were there). The rest of the day was spent playing at the park, seeing "The Bee Movie", and just hanging out.
Me with Addison and Megan playing at the park.
The kids (Addison, Megan, Jayda, Mya, and Preston) piling up on the slide.
Saturday- We went with Grandpa Craig and cousin Mya to Colonial Williamsburg (about an hour from Richmond). It was absolutely beautiful with so many trees that still had fall leaves on them. Williamsburg is a fun place to visit with a historic area of town that has fully restored houses, shops, streets, horse carriages, etc.... People walk around dressed up in the colonial period and there is so much to see. 
Sunday- A VERY LONG drive home. Heavy traffic, hours of driving, stops for kids to play, stops for bathroom breaks, more stops for kids to play and eat, and a total of 14 hours of travel later we arrived home! Long travel days on both ends of the trip, but an overall very fun trip.
Thanks to Marcy and Taylor for hosting us all for Thanksgiving. Thanks to Grandpa Craig and Grandma Meg for the hotel room to share, and for all of the fun visits and playing with the kids.
5 comments:
Craaaazy! The part of my family that was not with us for Thanksgiving was in Williamsburg, VA. They were even visiting colonial williamsburg. Cool. We loved that place. It's so pretty. We were there for 4th of July though and it was also sooooooooooo HOT AND HUMID!
I'm glad you guys had such a good Thanksgiving holiday. It looks great, especially that hot tub!
We spent Thanksgiving of 2004 and 2005 in D.C. and Richmond. I didn't dare do the Williamsburg thing with a small child, but I am regretting it now. How was that aspect of it? Good to hear from you again. :)
I hope you two didn't drive thru Philly and not say hi! I had no idea Marcy was in Richmond. That is not too far from us. It was crazy seeing Megan and Mya! Wow they have grown up so much. Do you think they remember Digby?
How can you forget Digby? I am sure they remember you.
We didn't drive thru Philly, but pretty close I imagine. We drove past Pitt and then down through Maryland.
Fun thanksgiving; even more fun that we'll see you at Christmastime! Any word from schools? Oh, I guess you wait until end of January. Have the Parkers heard?
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