Happy Thanksgiving

Wow, what a busy, fun-packed Thanksgiving weekend. The "weekend" actually started Wednesday when we flew out to Colorado Springs. It was Ellie's first flight. Too bad she didn't have her cousin Carson there to give her some pointers as he has already flown multiple times in his first several months of life. Jackson was very excited and they both did very well. Colorado Springs brought lots of food and family. A big thank you to Grandpa Mike and Karen for everything you did. The food was wonderful- way too much. Jackson had so much fun hanging out with all the boys. They played and wrestled around all the way through the weekend. Friday we went to Old Colorado and Briley, Ellie, and Jackson got to see Santa. Briley just kept smiling at him. It was so cute. Ellie was fine until she turned around and saw who was holding her and Jackson was so excited to be able to talk to Santa. He wasn't scared at all and after we were done, he decided he needed to go back in because he forgot to tell Santa something. Here is what he needed to tell him. . .

Friday night we went to The Flying W which is a "ranch" where you eat dinner and then they have a show with singing cowboys. We had a hospitality room before hand so we had a quick early birthday party for Ellie. A little side note on the birthday, we were loading up the cars to head out and we had some balloons for the party in the back of ours. Caroline lifted up the hatch door because she was the lucky one who had to sit back there since we had too many people and the balloons flew out. Andrew watched them for a while and then ran back saying he thought he would be able to get them. We all got in the car and drove down a couple streets to the golf course and there they were. The cold air made them sink a little. Just as Andrew went to get them, they flew off. He took off after them and then we didn't see him for awhile. We found a little ways down the street and the balloons were up in a tree. Andrew said he chased them for awhile and even tripped and did a somersault. All for his little girls balloons. Needless to say, he was not able to rescue the balloons.

We made it back home late Saturday night after stopping at Andrew's parents on the way home to see them and Granny B. Annie, Brad, and Lauren had been back for Thanksgiving but they had to head home on Saturday, so we missed them. Now we are just getting organized again and getting ready for Ellie's 1st Birthday tomorrow! It is so crazy to think it has already been a year.