Thanksgiving

This year we took a road trip to be home with the Oregon Fam for Thanksgiving. We used to switch off every year, but now that we are paying for 4 airline tickets and airports being crazy busy we have not gone to Oregon for Thanksgiving for a few years. We decided to drive up for Thanksgiving this year and it was a nice trip. The girls were troopers on the drive, and we had a nice visit with family and friends. It sure is not the same without Grandma Rosie on Thanksgiving Day, but it was nice to be with all of the family. Grandma Rosie was watching over us. She sure would love to see all of the kiddos running around.

All of the "Rise" Cousins....and there are a few missing....it is so fun when we are all together.....

These big boys used to be the "babies" of the bunch...now they are all grown up (well almost).....

The little batch of cousins......and 2 more babies will join the crew in 2015! Coley and Mike's baby boy in February, and Jos and Rach's baby boy in May......so exciting!

Never a dull moment at Grandma and Pa's.....Pa took the kids out to catch a frog in the pool......

We had a nice visit with second cousins...these are my cousin Kristen's girls....her other two were at home....so fun to hang and play with Apple Pie play dough that Geoff and the girls made, while my mom and I were out shopping!

On our way out of town, we stopped by Salem and had a nice lunch visit with the Greer Family.

Our visits to Oregon are never long enough. We try to cram in as much as we can, see as many people as we can, but it is still never long enough to see everyone.....Until next time!

The best treat of all was when we got home and our Elves, Bo and Holly were waiting for us up on the picture shelves. The girls were not sure when they would arrive since we were in Oregon for Thanksgiving. But sure enough the girls were waiting for us when we got home! You know Christmas is right around the corner when Bo and Holly are back in town!