Thanksgiving 2008 Road Trip

We concluded yet another 1000+ mile road trip, underscoring our desire to get out of Kirksville at any cost!
We started our trip out going to see Tim & Allison & Cameron in Des Moines, then Allison went with us to the 3D/4D Ultrasound (see post below). We then headed up across Minnesota and over to Amherst to Mara's parents where we had some relaxing times (almost too relaxing!). We ate Thanksgiving at Grandma & Grandpa Hansen's with the Aho's and Aunt Mary. It was a nice day of food & football.
Friday we had our Bacon side baby shower where we had more great food and some great gifts from everyone. There were so many little cousins running around it was crazy! But everyone had a good time and no one went hungry...:) We had so many great gifts we had to actually leave some behind and we'll have to get them when RAS is born. From the pictures you can see the dogs didn't enjoy our pack job. The first leg from Dan & Holly's the pile shifted and "buried" the puppies under a pile of gifts. Linus kind of freaked out and dug deeper into the pile. We had to open the door just to see where he was. Hilarious picture...:)
We headed to Milwaukee to see Nikki & Crawford and Austin & his family. It was great to see Tina & The Erbe's (friends from the lab) and catch up over Crawford's infamous curries & some good wine. We had a blast!
The ride home was a little iffy. We were afraid the weather wasn't going to cooperate, with lots of snow & ice forecasted, but we mostly had just wet roads and temps hovering just above freezing, but the roads stayed warm enough to not freeze.
We had a lot of time in the car, with all our gifts, and the puppies too, but it was worth it to see everyone. Next weekend is the Syring side baby shower so we'll be on the road again, but probably the last time we'll venture on such a trip before RAS comes.