A Late Post regarding Thanksgiving

We had such a great time on our vacation! It started out with a LONG trip across the country by planes and automobiles (sorry but we couldn't fit in a train...). We left the apartment at 4 am and Roarke fell right asleep, but Ada decided something fun must be going on so she stayed awake for almost the entire time! When we got onto the plane, the flight attendant informed us that two lap children cannot sit in the same row...so luckily the plane was very full so Josh and Ada went two rows ahead of Roarke and I and Ada even had a seat to herself near the window. Roarke and I had an extra seat too, but he couldn't quite use it yet...but I did use it to lay him down so he could roll around a little and play by himself.

Then we got to Philly and got to see Meemaw and Pop, along with Aunt Skye and Uncle Will. We were all so excited to see them and spend time with them at the zoo (not many people go to the Phila Zoo in the Fall/Winter, but it was fun and not nearly as cold as Idaho so we didn't think it was too bad!). On the way back from the Zoo, we stopped at DUNKIN DONUTS!!! Josh ate 4 donuts before we even made it home (about a 3 minute drive from dunkin donuts to Meemaws' house). We had a Beard Family Thanksgiving Dinner on Monday night and it was soooo good! We miss cooking like that (and from the McLaughlin Family Thanksgiving on Wednesday night too!!) as Josh works almost every night so neither of us have dinners anything like that!

Tuesday we drove from Elkins Park to Reading to Joshs' younger sister Amandas' house (which by the way Thank You So Much for hosting the Thanksgiving Festivities! It was awesome!). We stopped off for some more Dunkin Donuts on the way too. We got to hang out with almost all of Joshs' side of the family (except for his younger brother Aaron as he's on a mission right now). It was so awesome to see them as they hadn't met Roarke yet!! We also got to play some Wii games including The Price is Right (I have to admit I am terrible at that game but Joshs' Mom and sister Amanda were such pros!) and American Idol (that was so much fun, and almost everyone got in on that action, even Josh!!). My step-dad Bill got baptised on Tuesday night and Josh got to perform the baptism (which was awesome) and I got to sing with Sister Akerman and my sister Skye (who sings so beautifully!). The ceremony was amazing and we thought that as we were travelling so much and we didn't have much time to spend (there is never enough time) we would leave Ada there to play with her cousins and Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents.

Wednesday we had Thanksgiving with the McLaughlin side of the family and it was great!! Too bad we had to leave so soon! We miss everyone already and hope time will pass very quickly until we can all get together again!! Thanks Everyone for EVERYTHING!!

Cousin Abby
Aunt Amanda with Roarke

Ada found Ruggers' antlers

Playing with Cousin Lexi

Eating some lunch

Some deep knee bends were needed for this stunt!

But he liked all of the visual stimulation. Everyone loves the Zoo!!

Simply Adorable Sunflower

Chillin' at the Reptile House as it was very warm

Our little Annie Oakley with Meemaws' b-b gun and cowboy hat

Don't forget to check out the new videos (3 of them)! We also just had our family pictures taken and we have to wait for them to come in so we don't have them right now. But if you want to see them early, email/call/ask and I can email you the link!