Thanksgiving weekend

For the first time in the 8 years since he moved to North Carolina, I (we) got to be with my dad on a major holiday!  It was a long time coming and an absolutely fantastic trip.  Despite the fact that we were traveling on Thanksgiving and our flight into Charlotte was delayed about 3+ hours (not doing much to improve my opinion of your airline or customer service Delta) we made it to Dad's by 7pm and just in time for dinner.  Anyone who has traveled with young kids know what I am talking about when I say that we got plenty of dirty looks from people sitting down around us on the plane when they saw Cayden and Harper.  It's a good thing that the drunk lady in front of Jake wasn't talking loud enough for me to hear her rant about drugging my kids with Benadryl if they start to get loud en route.  Little did all of these nasty people know that my kids are pros when it comes to air travel and were incredibly well behaved the WHOLE time!

 

 

 

Part of the reason for our long (6 days away from work = heaven!) vacation in November was to have a holiday together, finally, but also to celebrate a big milestone.  Starting with G&G's 50th anniversary and Harper's 1st birthday this past summer, we have a full year of major milestones in our family including 60th, 50th, 40th, my 30th (YIKES!!!) and 21st birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, etc.  This week was my Dad's 50th birthday.  It was so amazing to get to spend this important day with the first man in my life and the best Pop my kids could possibly have.  We had an amazing time relaxing up in the back-woods of North Carolina, getting to have a true Griswold Thanksgiving weekend (with 12 adults, 2 kids, 6 dogs and a cat all in attendance) and a fantastic birthday for Dad in the mountains! 

 

Cayden was in HEAVEN getting to drive Pop's tractor!  Pop was pretty proud too.




making the trek back to the house from the dock (it's not that far but the hill is pretty steep)




So proud of his acorn and pine cone finds!




The two best uncles any two little kids could have!




Daddy was not impressed that Mommy and Pop dressed the kids in Bears gear when they were playing the Vikings.  I am happy to report that all of our positive vibes helped the Bears wipe the floor with the Vikings!