Thanksgiving road trip!

On the day before Thanksgiving we got up early and drove to Independence, Mo to spend Thanksgiving with my parents.  It was a long drive and the last 3 hours of the twelve were very hard for the kids, but when we got there it was all worth it. We were all so happy to be together.  My kids fought over who got to sit by Grandma Debi the whole time.

 

 On Thanksgiving we visited the LDS visitor center in Independence

 Liberty Jail where Joseph Smith was held for months

Kansas city Temple

My Mom also cooked us the best Thanksgiving dinner.  I love her stuffing and jello.  We were small in numbers compared to their normal thirty or so they usually have in Utah, so my Mom was able to put the turkey on the table which she thought was so fun.  It has been years since we had Thanksgiving with my parents.  We ended the night with homemade pumpkin pie made by my Mom(YUMMY).  It was a great Thanksgiving.  On Friday we spent a super fun day in Kansas City (I will post about that later). On Saturday we cleaned up and headed out.  It was hard to say goodbye, but I used my usually technique of saying "see you later" and not thinking about it.  Since the drive there was rushed and hard we decided to take our time coming home.  So on Saturday we drove to St. Louis and visited the Arch.  We all thought that was really cool.

It was a beautiful day and we didn't even need Jackets. We ran, played and had fun taking pictures.

(Lizzie)

(Dan)

Then we spent the night in St. Louis and on Sunday worked our way home at a slower, easier pace.

Unfortunately by Indiana Lizzie was sick with a fever and had all the signs of strep throat again (she had it two weeks ago). 

 (random boy in picture that I borrowed :)

And finally to our loved Ohio. 

What a great Thanksgiving break.