Happy Thanksgiving

(hint-if you click on the colage, it will enlarge)
Our camera has an attitude. It only works when it wants to. So we didn't bother taking it to Thanksgiving. We were dependant on others. Thanks Mom and Dad for sending these to me!

We drove to Logandale, Nevada (just outside of Vegas) for the festivities. My sister was so wonderful to open her house to her three sisters and parents. It is always so fun to get together. The cousins pick right up where they left off.

We had a fun 18hr drive. We split the trip in half and stayed over in Reno. The first day of driving was a bit dicey. I planned the route and did not even think about winter weather, high mountain passes, or traveling at night. After all, I am from Arizona, it was just raining in Oregon, and we were headed south! Needless to say, we made it safely over the mountains, slowly but surly!

Holiday activities included a HUGE feast with awesome food! Part of the group made it to the Hoover Dam to see the construction of a new bridge that goes right over the dam...amazing! We didn't want to fight the traffic, so we headed to town to grab some In-N-Out Burgers-THE BEST! Next we headed to the Vegas Strip with a stop at MM World and Coke World. We tasted 18 varieties of Coke products from around the world, waited too long in a line for a 3-D MM movie, and filled a bag of MMs with Lorili's own color combination. By the end the kids were wiped out and we were all tired. So we sent the Dads home with the kids and the Moms stayed for the Broadway show Mama Mia. We had a blast! A great story and the music was so much fun, and who better to see it with than your Mom and sisters? We will have to do this again!

To top off the whole trip, we made a trip to the Temple. This was the best part of the whole trip! The older cousins babysat (Thanks Halie & Jack!) and we were able to go and then enjoy some yummy BBQ afterwards.

It was a long trip home, but I am so glad we went! I would totally do it again! Bennie (that's our new cars nickname) made the drive so much more enjoyable. Plenty of room and lots of comfort! Not to mention satelite radio, so we had a signal even when driving across the barren Nevada desert, and OnStar navigation and directions at our fingertips, to keeps us on track!