Monday, December 1, 2008

Our Thanksgiving Trip

What a whirlwind! We left for Kansas right after Claire was out of school on the Friday before Thanksgiving. We went to Gram and Poppy's, where we celebrated Thanksgiving Saturday. Uncle Frank fried turkey, and we ate all the fixings with Unkie and Staci, too. Unkie even made apple pie! We also celebrated Landon's birthday, with birthday pie and opening presents. We spent the next couple of days visiting Grandma Svitak, riding Barney, making cookies, riding Barney some more and playing with Landon's new toys.
Tuesday morning we left for Wichita, where Lucy was waiting at Nana and Papa's ready to play! The kiddos played all afternoon, and we celebrated Landon's birthday with Ling and Hoopy that evening. More presents and a yummy firetruck cookie later, the kids were off to sleep. However, that evening I received sad news. My Grandma Svitak had passed away that evening. Wednesday morning, we played at Lucy's house in their new basement and ate cinnamon rolls. We were headed back to Bentonville Wednesday afternoon, but instead made the trek back to Gram and Poppy's where Geoff met us Thursday. Thursday was spent cutting fresh greens for Gram's front porch, while Geoff and Frank made a run to Walmart for lights. By 10:00 Thursday night, Gram and Poppy's house was decked for the holidays. Friday and Saturday were spent with family, celebrating a life and mourning a death. Saturday evening we went back to Wichita for a little down time with the Hoopers. Sunday morning we ate breakfast at McDonalds before heading back to Bentonville. Other notes about the holiday: The turkey was good, even several days later! Landon had some kind of stomach bug pretty much the whole time we were gone. Claire enjoys climbing trees and figured out how to "steer" Barney. Cousins make some of the best playmates! McDonald's breakfast is better than I remember. It snowed pretty much the whole drive home Sunday. I hope everyone had a safe and memorable holiday, and Merry Christmas, for the season has begun!

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