The Walker Family: Thanksgiving in CT

Monday, January 16, 2012

Thanksgiving in CT

We spent Thanksgiving in Connecticut with my brother, Justin, and his family. Of course, I forgot to take a picture of the meal, but it was delicious! We went up by train Thanksgiving morning (so much better than driving in East Coast crazy traffic) and got there around 1 p.m. Thanks to our home teacher, we were able to get to the train station (we were going to take the metro, but it didn't open until 7 and our train departed at 7:30).

Reed was so excited to see Uncle Justin! He just loves his Uncle Justin and was so excited to have lots of cousins to play with - especially Michelle. Eve was just excited to be going on a train ride. Aria didn't really know what was going on, but she traveled pretty well.

Thanksgiving was pretty nice and calm. It was our family and Justin's family and that was it. We had a good time hanging out with the kids, napping, watching football, eating way too much food, playing games, and being together! A big thanks goes out to Megan, my sister-in-law, who did all the preparing and found meals that I could eat (no dairy, no soy) that tasted good to everyone! She is awesome!

The weather ended up being beautiful almost the whole time! Friday we went on a little hike - paved the whole way which made it easy to take the stroller! It wasn't too long and just pretty. I don't remember the name of it, but it was pretty close to their house. At the top there were some pretty look out spots and a cool memorial to the Civil War - particularly the battle of Gettysburg. The trees were mostly bare (due to the season), but I can only imagine how pretty the look outs would be in the spring! The kids also found the coolet climbing tree I have seen in a long time! Too bad my camera ran out of battery before I could get some pictures! Maybe I can get some of Megan's! We also went to "The Muppets" and Reed pretty much sat through the whole thing. Eve got a little antsy, but not too bad!

The bad thing that happened when we arrived was that Kate (their youngest) started coughing and had a fever! Yuck! The kids all came home a little sick - which is never any fun. I also got a little sick just from being tired - too much late night chatting and game playing!

Saturday we went to the Natural History Museum at Yale. The kids really loved it! I would have loved it, but Aria was screaming for a while because she was hungry, but wouldn't eat. Once she calmed down, ate, and burped, things went well and it was a good time! We played more games and had a good time! Saturday night my parents arrived almost directly from Turkey (the country). They had flown into D.C. and left on a train not very long after to come to CT. Joseph, Justin and Megan's oldest, received the Aaronic Priesthood on Sunday.

So, we all had a great time playing together, but of course, came back really tired! My parents took the train back with us on Monday - which was great! Reed and Eve loved that Grandma and Grandpa Rowberry were coming with us! Somehow grandparents just make the train even better (If that's even possible! My kids love the train!). We got into town just fine, took the metro to stop close to our house, and then were picked up by our friend - thanks Katrina! All-in-all Thanksgiving was a success!