Sunday, November 23, 2008

the beginning of our journey...

as most of you already know...we will be out of pocket for a week or so. since we were moving in may, we missed our annual trip to florida, and are making up for it THIS week! when the truck was all packed, and the children were safely snuggled in their car seats* we were off.


after a quick lunch (and checking with our house\dog sitter)...

(why do we always sit boy boy, girl girl?)
it was just us and the open road for about six hours!!

finally, we arrived at uncle marvin's and aunt farris'. the kids were so excited to see everyone's favorite uncle and aunt!!

the next morning, after a yummy pancake breakfast complete with bacon, sausage, and eggs. it was off to enjoy their beautiful little farm.
mingled with a little rest time...
was the GREAT adventure of feeding the donkey cookies!
poor donkey, i bet vivian fed him TWENTY cookies!!!
bauer just had a great time being all boy...
he even had a lengthy conversation with amy the dog, AND the donkey.

vivian had such a good time when i told her it was time to go she said, "we don't have to go see mawmaw day." of course this made uncle marv SUPER happy, but being the gentleman that he is, he insisted that she SHOULD indeed go see her great mawmaw. ;)

after just a few more hours (about three or so) we were at cousin jennifer and tony's house, and were finally able to meet new cousin nicholas. we were even able to get with the "other" day's: amy, daniel, and lilly. it was so nice to chat and get together...stay tuned to see what is in store for the next few "days"...
:)
*please note the big boy in the forward facing car seat. he is SO happy being a big kid like his sister!!

4 comments:

Stacia said...

PRECIOUS PICS~HOPE YOUR TRIP IS GREAT!

Megan said...

Have a great Thanksgiving! I've gotten some of Uncle Marvin's forwards from Susan~he must be a character. I like Clif's goatee.

CathyBB said...

Safe and happy travels to your cute family!


Shhhh... pssst... but could you back Bauer away from the donkey a bit JUST in case? You know how I am about wild and scary domesticated animals. ;)

Susan said...

Bauer doesn't look to sure about that donkey. However, the donkey is sure about Vivian as long as she's packing the cookies. Amy is a new addition to the Silver Springs family? I don't remember her. What about Bullet?
Excuse, me "favorite uncle and aunt"? You must have forgotten the word great in there or something. hehe.