Aunt Reno's

It's very confusing for a 2 year old - we were going to stay with Aunt Ronna who lives in Reno. So it was shortened to "Aunt Reno's", and person and a place all in one.

What a fun trip! The kids did amazingly well in the car - 6 hours each way. We left on Wednesday before Thanksgiving, which was Riley's actual birthday. At first I thought it would be a crumby way to spend a birthday, but the more I thought about it - special snacks, watching as many videos as he wanted, lunch and playtime at McDonald's... not too shabby of a day after all. Especially when we got to Aunt Ronna's and there was a pile of presents for the kids!

Reading their new books with Aunt Ronna

  

"Aunt Reno's" was even better than a hotel. We had 3 bedrooms and a bathroom all to ourselves, use of the jacuzzi bath tub, a pantry stocked full of food, and babysitting! We spent Thanksgiving at Uncle Mike and Aunt Judy's house and had a fabulous feast of turkey AND ham. The next day was an all afternoon tailgate party at Aunt Ronna and Uncle Nate's before the BSU game that night. And that's all we'll say about that.

We headed off for home on Saturday, driving through several small snow-storms, and made it back right before bedtime. Again, the kids did so well in the car - I'm just amazed! So thank you to all of you who must have been praying for us the whole way. It was a very Happy Thanksgiving!