Thankgiving

This year, we headed back up to Auburn to celebrate Thankgiving with extended family as usual. Unfortunately, Crissy has not been feeling well, but we were able to rent a minivan and pick-up Grandma and the boys.  The downside to this year- Keith & Justin's brother Dan's family were not able to join us.  The upside was that his brother Stan was able to join us for the first time in years.

It always amazes me how close we have become with the Parada's (Justins Grandma's sisters family).  Sometimes, I feel like Justins "Cousins" Chris & Kevin are kind of like brothers to Justin (And more brother-in-laws) to me.  We all just get along so well and have a great time.   This year was a little harder since it was raining and Minga's house is smaller.  But the kids made their annual trip to the Auburn Ravine bridge and I set-up my laptop with DVD's in the back room.

It would have been nicer if we had been able to stay in a hotel as originally planned as driving up there and back (just under 2 hours) is tiring.  But Justin was scheduled for the 11:30PM-6:30 AM shift at Kohls so we had to get him back for that.  We hope to rent a house next year, assuming business keeps picking up!