That's how excited Holden, and, to an extent, Riley were about our Thanksgiving weekend trip to Oklahoma City, where Grandpa Steve's family gathers every year to hang out, eat and watch football. And as lovely and wonderful as it was to see the family, in all honesty, the kids were really most excited about flying in an airplane.
Holden has often confided that, when he has an opportunity to wish, it's that he can fly in a plane. Weeks before our trip, we started talking more about it. The anticipation grew so much that, during one discussion about flying to Oklahoma on the way home from school, Riley started to cry when we turned on to our street. He just kept crying, "Fly Oblahoma todaaaaay!"They did great on both legs of our plane trip, and didn't fail to charm the family. We met cousins, aunts and uncles we didn't know we had, and some who it was nice to spend time with again. We traveled far, but didn't really get out much but for journeys to restaurants during the three-day visit. We were even on our own for Thanksgiving dinner, which we had at TGI Friday's. The hotel was nice, though, and we had a good time hanging with the fam.
The only real stress of the weekend, like most our travels, involved nap and bed times. The first night was complicated by the fact that the hotel ran out of cribs. We put Riley and Holden down together in one bed, where they eventually fell asleep after about a half-hour of giggling, squirming and tickling. Unfortunately, a couple hours later, Riley began falling out of bed. We put him in our bed, where he did his best violent tornado impersonation for several hours before finally settling down just before dawn. The hotel's complimentary coffee bar came in real handy that day.
More photos of all the family are available at Kevin's new photography Web site (still under construction), which you can find here. If you want to download any of the photos for yourself, go to ftp://kevinnix.net and type in user name: ftp51170631-0 and password: Oklahoma.
The only real stress of the weekend, like most our travels, involved nap and bed times. The first night was complicated by the fact that the hotel ran out of cribs. We put Riley and Holden down together in one bed, where they eventually fell asleep after about a half-hour of giggling, squirming and tickling. Unfortunately, a couple hours later, Riley began falling out of bed. We put him in our bed, where he did his best violent tornado impersonation for several hours before finally settling down just before dawn. The hotel's complimentary coffee bar came in real handy that day.
More photos of all the family are available at Kevin's new photography Web site (still under construction), which you can find here. If you want to download any of the photos for yourself, go to ftp://kevinnix.net and type in user name: ftp51170631-0 and password: Oklahoma.
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