Over Thanksgiving break we took our first big family road trip! We (I) planned and focused on the trip constantly for weeks. We started off driving to Iowa, spent a few days there visiting Jonathan's brother, Roger, and his family and then drove to Colorado to spend Thanksgiving with Jonathan's sister, Sarah, and her family.
I tried to capture the trip with pictures, enjoy!
We left Houston the Friday before Thanksgiving and made it into Iowa LATE that night (after midnight). We stayed at our hotel for the night and then headed to visit Roger, Jill and Juliana and meet baby Emily first thing on Saturday morning.
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| Aaron liked being bundled up in the car! |
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| Caleb the puppy dog : ) |
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| Baby Emily (1 month) and Aunt Melissa - I loved having the chance to meet our newest niece! |
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| Uncle Roger with Juliana and Caleb |
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| Aunt Jill with the three "big" kids...they all liked playing with Juliana's art supplies |
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| Uncle Jonathan and a sleepy Emily |
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| play time |
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| I couldn't believe how well Emily slept with all the noise |
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| Jello break |
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| Cuties |
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| Swinging at the park, we were lucky that the weather was beautiful while we were in Iowa. Highs were in the 60s which made for great park weather. |
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| Bundled up |
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| The only room we could get at the hotel had a big jacuzzi tub in the room...it was perfect for corralling a crazy 16 month old! |
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| That evening everyone but Caleb and I headed down to the hotel's indoor pool. I was told that the water was a bit cold, but the hot tub was great! |
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| Caleb and I didn't get to swim because he was passed out! He fell asleep on the way to the hotel from Roger's house (maybe a ten minute drive). |
On Sunday we joined Roger and family at their church for Emily's baptism. Jonathan and I are honored to be her sponsors and were so glad we could be there that day.
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| All of us after church the day of Emily's baptism. |
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| Caleb and Juliana |
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| The baptism wore out Emily, she slept great after we arrived back at Roger's house after church and eating out for lunch. |
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| Caleb showing Juliana how to use the IPad. |
After we spent Sunday afternoon at Roger's house, we loaded up continued on to our next destination, Colorado!
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