Back from the East

Getting a drink before the reception with Janna and Jason

Suzanne and Erik newly married

Grandma D watching a video with the grandkids. Caleb and Britta were very tense.

Britta and Caleb are 4 months apart in age. They play really well together.

The Box, Smith and DeMaster kids. Why do my kids freak out about pictures?:)

So we're back from our trip to NY. We had a wonderful, relaxing time. The boys enjoyed having Gpa and Gma DeMaster to themselves for a couple days and then playing with their cousins. We also drove out to Ballston Spa to visit our friends. We haven't been back there since we moved away 3 years ago. We saw our old house, which is for sale. The house looked the same, although they took out the pool in the back. We stayed with our friends overnight and had fun catching up with lots of people. It worked fairly well to drive thru the night. The boys didn't sleep as well as desired, but they weren't crying.

Cardale did great with the other family for the week. He was learning to walk before we left and now he is walking everywhere. No more crawling for him.

We completed our vacation with me making a whirlwind trip to Chicago for Suzanne's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and I'm glad I could go. I had fun hanging out with Janna and Jason.

Now we are back into the swing of things. The first day of reality is always tough. Can I rail against Walmart for a moment? I had to go to the store today so I took Cardale and Isaac with me. I need the double seat carts and of course all of those carts are outside covered in snow. This is not the first time this has happened to me at Walmart. So I raised the issue with the cart person again and proceeded to push/pull two carts around Walmart. Not a fun job. As I am leaving Walmart I saw they brought in 6 two seater carts. Hopefully the next people can benefit from it.

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!