Thanksgiving with Family in Atlanta!

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We were very THANKFUL to have Tracy’s family together at our place for Thanksgiving week. Kristen’s Nana lives close to us and celebrated her 90th birthday in Georgia, which was the perfect excuse for Rob, Kristen & the kids to come visit from California! It was great to meet our niece Abby (7 months) for the first time and to watch the boy cousins play together. Collin was excited to have Owen come stay with him and Owen and Carson played much better together than they did in March when we were in Lake Tahoe together.


Mom & dad drove in from Texas so it was a full house (6 adults and 4 kids). We went to the Georgia World Aquarium together, hiked in our nearby woods/creek, did a little shopping, went out to dinner, but mostly just stayed around the house and enjoyed being together. It’s hard to be so far apart and not know when we next are together again, especially when the kids are growing up so fast, but we appreciated the time together!

Nashville Trip with the Voegtle Family

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Since we hadn’t seen Mike’s side of the family since June and the kids are getting big fast, we decided to meet up for a mini vacation in Nashville, which is almost half way between St. Louis and Atlanta. We rented a house that slept over 20, but it’s always crazy to have 14 people sleeping under the same roof, especially when five of them are three and under and on varying nap schedules.


We stayed in the house most of the time, but Sunday we out to the Opryland and then to lunch at Rainforest Café. After lunch we went to the Bass Pro shop, where Collin saw Santa for the first time. On the drive home we stopped at The Chattamunga battlefield (http://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm) outside Chattanooga, the first and largest national Military Park - even larger than Gettysburg. This will be a nice stop again in the future when the boys are older and can pay attention and we have more time.