Thanksgiving Travels to Iowa

 Asher and Andrew met for the first time . . . Asher was not thrilled with the camera in most of these pictures . . .  I was thrilled to meet and hold Andrew for the first time!  However, my arms (which I thought were well toned from my own lug) started going numb after 8 minutes so I had to share.

 Briella had tons of fun playing with her big cousin Emma and Gideon and Aiden had a blast together, too.  The boys played lots of cars and chasing and bugging their uncles.

 Briella and Gideon enjoyed lots of Grandma hugs and books and snacks :)

 Dad and Mom needed a picture taken for their church directory so I thought it would be nice opportunity to take a picture of them with our kids.  Asher was again not pleased with my idea . . .

 Asher loves the steps and when he saw this gate he thought he found a way past the obstacle.  He was quickly frustrated . . . poor guy.

I'm not sure what was so interesting on TV, but these three were in this cozy spot for awhile.  I think Dan was licking his wounds after I beat him at Settlers Cities & Knights ;) or was it Garbage?!?!

We spent nearly a week in Iowa and were so thankful to see so much family, but the time always flies by and by the time we get home it seems like we just left.  We are thankful for safe travels and mostly happy travelers.
 

A year later

 

About a year ago we took this cute picture of the kids.  We kept talking about trying it again, so the other night we stacked them up on the couch ... well a lot has changed in a year and it wasn't as easy as it was the first time.  So here are some of the pictures we got :)  Kind of fun to see the various facial expressions. None of them were very cooperative . . .