Sunday, November 30, 2008

Thanksgiving 2008- Highlights of our trip to Missoula


*BEING WITH THE COUSINS!* BEING WITH THE COUSINS!* BEING WITH THE COUSINS!*

*Brotherly love* LOONEY TUNES* "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"* Birthday and Christmas presents* Goodie bags from Aunt Barb*

*Playing at Dragon Hollow in the freezing cold* Hot Chocolate at the Uptown Diner* Buying puzzles at the game store* Crazy homeless guy*

*Anna- the world's sweetest dog* Building with legos* Sleeping on air mattresses* Giggling until late in the night* Sleep deprivation* Rowan waking everyone up with his bad dreams*

*Riding the carousel at Dragon Hollow* Trying desperately for the gold ring* Rowan almost falling off the carousel*

*Gabe getting the gold ring* Elsie getting the gold ring* Grayson being mad he didn't get the gold ring*
*Fuller pulling the gold ring TWICE!*


*No snow to play in(bad)* No snow to drive in (good)*
*Uncle Jason borrowing the limo from work and chauffeuring us around town* Being able to cross ride in a limo off my life list of things to do*

*Pretending to be movie stars* Grayson acting like George W.*

*Attempting to climb to the Missoula "M" on Thanksgiving morning*

*Seeing Twilight(girls only)* Going swimming at the indoor water park (boys only)*

*The boys all making it to the top!"

*The fabulous view from the top of the "M"*

*Family game time* Paul and Elsie beating everyone at Scrabble*

* Early morning shopping with Barb* Starbucks peppermint hot chocolate*
*Dance contests*

*Elsie the DDR queen*

*Aunt Barbara's cooking*
* Playing "I Spy" while waiting for our food at Red Robbin*

*Dressing up like sumos* Mario Party 8* Rowan the video game addict*







*New Montana sweatshirts from Aunt Barb* Playing hide and seek and tag in the house*

*Visiting with Great-Grandma* Grayson filling his pockets with taffy from Great-Grandma's drawer*Putting more than 1200 miles on the car* Only being tempted to leave the kids by the side of the road once or twice* Throwing up in the McDonald's parking lot in Kellogg, Idaho* Wishing we could have stayed longer!*

7 comments:

Jill said...

It looks like you guys had a great Thanksgiving. How fun to take a Thanksgiving road trip. Sorry you didn't get any snow to play in. Wish I could send you some of ours.

Gina said...

Wow! You guys sure fit a lot into a few days. Luckily the throw up landed in the parking lot and not in your van.

Elder Caleb Habel said...

Happy Thanksgiving! Sounds like wonderful family fun, except the throw up part. Glad your journey went well.

Tiffini said...

Looks like a busy but fun trip. I love the sumo costume--I'm sure the boys had a blast with that!

Aundrea said...

Wow! You guys were busy, busy, busy! Glad you made the trip safe! And, with a road trip that long, I would have wanted to leave the kids by the side of the road way more than a couple:)

Tiffiny said...

Nice to have you home safe! Sounds like a great time, except for the bad dreams and throw up! I think Fuller had a little too much turkey dinner, he grew since we last saw him!

Lynn Boyle said...

hey there looks like you had a blast. i love thanksgiving road trips. the last one we took was to Salt Lake, we may go there next year. we try to take turns from here, to PHX, to Mpls to Salt Lake. gets a little crazy this year was very relaxed. i am glad you guys had fun, see you Sat.