When we arrived in Arkansas it was a fabulous 70 degrees! So the kids immediately headed for the trampoline. They jumped until it was dark and time for a tasty dinner of ham and potato soup. After dinner Liv, Chels and I made a dash to Wally World for a few last minute things for Thanksgiving dinner then it was home to bed. Liv was a little nervous about going to bed because while the weather was great when we got there there was a giant storm rolling through the area and there were tornado warnings in effect. She was kinda freaking out about it. After lots of reassuring that there wouldn't be a tornado she went to bed. While the kids were asleep the adults just sat around and caught up before we headed to bed ourselves.
I had only been asleep for about 30 minutes when the storm arrived. It was crazy! There was freezing rain pounding on the windows, thunder, lightning and of course wind! I just knew that any minute Liv would come running in afraid of a tornado. She never did though. So after about an hour of listening to the storm I went back to sleep.
Thanksgiving morning the temps had dropped about 40 degrees and there was ice on everything! The kids couldn't understand that the weather wasn't as nice as it was when we got there so they were begging to go outside and jump. We finally relented and dressed them up in their winter gear and sent them out the door to jump on the frozen tramp. They had a blast!
Weeee! Ice! ;)
When the kids were sufficiently frozen they came inside to have a quick bite to eat and then back to playing. This time they played hide-and-seek. This consisted of all the boys counting and Liv hiding and then when they found her there was lots of screaming and running around and then they would start over. I wish I would have gotten some video of it...
When Liv wasn't playing with the boys she was holding Rudy, the Molines' GIANT cat that is almost as big as Liv in length and weight! Love him!
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| RUDY! |
When the kids got bored and thought there wasn't anything to do Chelsie would pull some sort of cool craft out for the kids to make. We made paper bag turkeys, cakes with play dough, and the boys favorite paper airplanes.
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| The boys would wait in line for Chet to make them a plane |
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| Painting feathers for their paper bag turkeys |
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| Liv working on her cake |
After lots of playing, football watching and cooking it was dinnertime. We had so much food--turkey, jello, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, 2 kinds of sweet potatoes, homemade rolls and 3 pies! It was awesome!
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| Mmmmmmm pie. |
We all slept very well in our tryptophan and pie coma that night. :)
On Friday we went to see "Tangled". It was soooo cute! It is one of my new favorite Disney Movies. I think that the kids really liked it too. They all sat through the whole movie. When it was done though they were all ready to go home and jump and play. The kids all wanted to be together so they all piled into Chelsies' van while Chet and I sneaked away for a "date". All it was was us stopping at the pretzel shop on the way to our car. It was nice to have a moment to ourselves though. :) It was a great day!
When we were planning our trip out there Chels had asked Liv what she wanted her to make while we were there and Liv said bagels. So on Saturday, our last day there, Chels showed Liv how to make them.
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| They were so yummy! |
Saturday was our last day there. Fortunately the weather had warmed up again so we spent the rest of our time there playing football outside.
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| Chet showing Ty how to throw the ball |
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| Harris throwing a touchdown pass to Chet |
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| Liv making the tackle while the Moline boys look on wondering if they should jump in too |
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| Chet being attacked by Diz. I love Chets face! |
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| Jackson holding Chet while Caleb and Harris make a dash for the end zone |
When all of the kids energy was used up we loaded into the car and headed home. We had a wonderful time! It was hard to leave. Both Liv and Harris cried for quite a while in the car. I guess we will have to add a few more road trips to Arkansas on our calendar. :)
Thank you Molines, we love you!!!
2 comments:
Yep, you will:). Tell the kids I cried for a bit too. It was so sad to watch you go!
I have never seen a cat so big. How fun he must be to cuddle with! So happy that your Thanksgiving was a wonderful one!
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