Thanksgiving Trip to SacTown!!

We always love visiting Sacramento. We love the company, we love the weather, we love how there is everything we could possibly want within a short drive. Maybe someday we can live there. Lizzy sure wouldn't mind. She keeps telling me everyday that she wants to live in Roseville because it is where Grandma lives and because it is so warm. We were able to go for two whole weeks. It was awesome but too short, ( I know that it ridiculous, but I am never ready to get back to Kansas) We got to stay with my parents in their new beautiful house. It was so great because there was so much room for everyone. We were so lucky because almost everyone was able to make it for Thanksgiving. It was so much fun to see everyone. We always have a fun time spending time laughing and eating, making food and watching shows together. This was Lizzy's bed. She manages to make herself at home where ever she goes. Including hanging stuff up on the walls. She is so silly.

The girls had fun with Austin's two girls doing girly stuff. It was so cute watching Sara Jane put makeup on Nellie.

It was fun to get the babies together and see how much they have grown. I just couldn't get a picture with both of them looking.

Nellie was just thrilled to see her buddy Max. They play so well together. She was having a hard time before Max got there, Lizzy was leaving her out sometimes, and she was all sad. But once Max got there she was so happy and they played so much together the whole time.

They played so hard, that by the end of the week they couldn't stay awake in the afternoon, which if you know Nellie, NEVER happens, so she must have really been tired.

Lizzy and her buddy Ozzie Bozzie as she likes to call him. They have so much fun together.

One day we took the kids to the park, it was such a beautiful day, The whole time we were there it was in the 60's and 70's. It hasn't broken 30 degrees since we got back to Kansas and it was a hard adjustment after such nice weather.

Nellie and Lizzy were having fun picking up leaves and collecting them. The leaves were just beginning to fall when we got there. The colors were so beautiful, we had already lost all our leaves in Kansas so it was fun to see all the colors again. Fall is my favorite time of year.

We took the kids to one of those bounce places, and they had this one that had ball shooting guns. Of course this is where Kevin spent pretty much all his time. I think he might have had more fun than the kids did. Men can be such little kids with certain things.

Little bouncer. I love her smile

Gotta love when you can eat Thanksgiving dinner outside. Another beautiful day. Look at all these cute kids. There were 16 of the 24 grand kids for Thanksgiving. They had so much fun being together. It makes me a little sad that my kids only get to see their cousins on my side a couple times a year. Oh well that's life.

Jane hung with Dad for much of the day because I was busy making food and cleaning up. Jane became a lot more attached to Kevin over this trip. Kevin was such a good help with the girls, so I could help with all the cooking and cleaning. It is amazing how much work it is to feed that many people, but totally worth it to have everyone together. It was so much fun to bake with my sisters and Mom.

All the men watching Football. It is amazing how into a game they can get into when they don't even like either team.

I just love this picture. SO cute.

These little cuties had fun decorating the tablecloth. Nellie just loves having little buddies to play with.

The last night that we were all together we had a little family home evening talent show, They kids sang and did other talents. Austin told us a story with puppets about Thanksgiving, and just the other day Lizzy told me "Ozzie did such a good job telling his story" It is so cute that she remembered that.

Lizzy is such a performer. She loves to get up in front of people. She sang a couple of solos, of primary songs. I enjoy watching her sing so much because she loves to do it so much. I love seeing my children and their little spirits and how different and special each one is.

It was such a special vacation to get to spend time with family. I just treasure the memories I have now. Lizzy and Nellie really got to know Grandma this trip and Lizzy cried for almost an hour at the airport because she didn't want to leave Grandma. It was really sweet that she has come to love my parents so much even though she hasn't gotten to spend very much time with them.