Grandma Phyllis and Papa Bob's house!

Ashton and Grandpa wrestling

Nama wrestling with all of her boys!!

Gray really loved grandma's pudding cups

We all went to Grandma and Grandpa's house on a sunday, and we had so much fun! Just walking into their door and the smell of their house made me cry....so many memories came flooding back, and it just reminded me of dad! I love when Grandpa gives me his great big hugs, dad used to laugh and tell papa bob he was going to" break our ribs and to take it easy", and Grandma always has a big old kiss for you when she see's you, I just love them both! Grandma has this amazing little city that takes up her entire living room, it is so neat! The kids loved looking at all of the different little houses and people! Grandma made these adorable Santa cookies for each of the kids, I got my "hairy cherry pie" and she made Morgan his hershey kiss cookies! The kids had fun helping Grandma decorate her tree, (Little charlie just kept taking off the balls and throwing them across the room!) and all of the boys watched the game with Papa Bob in his den! Grandma colored with the kids, and put together puzzles, just like when we were little! They all got to pick a stuffed animal to take home, and Ali got to pick one of Grandma's porcelain dolls! We had a great dinner, and just enjoyed being together! I love you Grandma and Grandpa!

Hawaii 2009

So we all went to Hawaii for Thanksgiving this year! We stayed at the Hilton, and it was amazing! Our rooms had a view of the ocean, and the dolphins, which the kids got to swim with! It had its own lagoon that came in from the ocean so it was full of turtles and all sorts of fish. One of my favorite place's was this beach mom took us to, the kids loved it because it was really shallow and the lava rock had it closed off from the rest of the ocean it was so warm and the water was so blue! Mom surprised Morgan Tiff ,Danny,and I with massages at this amazing place, it was something off of a movie I swear! We walked through this rain forest setting and then they took us to our own little private hot tubs, where we got to just relax for 30 min then we got to get couple massages! It was so fun I will always remember that, Thanks Mom!! My Mom is a true little hippy chick, she is so cute! Every morning she would get up early and go sea shell hunting, she is a pro at it too she actually has this stick that she found on one of her trips over that she brings every time she goes back to Hawaii. She uses it to dig through the sand, and she found so many neat shells! Ali and Ashton loved hunting for them with her! I couldn't help but miss Dad while we were there though. I wish so badly that he could have been there with all of us, we all miss him so much especially on family trips like this one, it's just not the same without him!

I loved watching my kids have so much fun playing in the sand and swimming in the ocean, we made so many memories while we were there. Thanks for the amazing trip mom, Love you!