Thanksgiving in Virginia.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year.  The day before we kept the boys out of school so we could fly to VA.  We saved about $750 by flying out of Columbus instead, so we drove the three hours there and then took the flight to DC.  Logan was excited for the plane, since he didn't remember flying before. When we had a bumpy landing he yelled out, "Ya Hoooooo", I heard a couple chuckles from other passengers.  Leah did pretty well on the flight, though I am glad it wasn't any longer.  Toward the end, the lack of a nap caught up with her and she got a bit fussy.  On the way home she was even fussier.  Most the time though, I was able to entertain her with snacks, water, books and small toys.  She also liked to look at the passengers around us.

Wednesday, after we arrived we went to see Dennis' friend Charis and her family.  She made us dinner and it was great to catch up.  That evening Dennis drove over to my sister Julie's house to play Catan with them.

Thursday we had Thanksgiving lunch at Grandma and Robert's house.  The boys had fun with Miranda and even got to see a goat that had showed up at the house!  Then we went to Julie and Phil's house for Thanksgiving dinner.  Leah (and I), were surprised to see that they had a cupcake cake for her birthday and she got to open up presents from all her aunt and uncles.  That evening, after we took the kids back to Grammy and Grandpa Pritchards and put them to bed, Dennis and I went back over to Julie's to play Catan with them (and David and Fanchon, who were staying there).

Friday, I went to a good friend of mine, Nikki's, parent's house and caught up with her and another friend, Kim.  It was cute to see 9 kids all playing nicely together.  One baby girl was only 2 months younger than Leah and they were very cute together.  While I was doing that, Dennis got picked up by his friend Jeremy and met his cousin Shane for lunch.

Nik with Tatum (Kim's daughter) and Leah

Then Friday night my parents babysat so Dennis and I could go out to dinner (Rio Grande) and then David, Fanchon and Phil came over to play Catan with us and my parents.

Saturday, we met up with Dennis' friends, Tasha and Keith, and their kids for lunch and then went to Holly and Pete's new house in Elkridge, MD.  All my family was there to hang out, watch football and eat dinner.  It was a fun day.  The kids and Dennis also went with Pete to get a tour of his fire house.  That evening Dennis went to Julie's again for Catan, I was exhausted so went to bed just a little after the kids did.

Sunday morning we flew back home.  Dennis and I both said multiple times that it was a great, successful trip in that we were able to see lots of different people and yet none of it was rushed or too crazy.  We also got in lots of Catan playing which is always fun too!