Thanksgiving

 We headed home for Thanksgiving on Wednesday and got off to a little earlier start than we had anticipated.  Connor told us he was not tired and would not sleep in the car.  A few minutes later and we found him like this….passed out….

We spent Wednesday evening at my parents house and Santa made a special visit for the 6 Brauchler grandkids.  Connor sprinted back to the bedroom as soon as he walked in, but then was brave enough to come out with Nana Lindvall.  Elli was quick to sit on his lap and tell him she wanted an Elsa doll that sings.  

 Connor told him he wanted a Toothless (from How to Train Your Dragon…..he has also said he's wanted 1.5 million other things….he thinks Santa is a miracle worker and can just get whatever he wants at the last minute!!)

 Emery was unamused!  These days she seems to have quite a bit of stranger anxiety (family be ready for Christmas), so we were very surprised that she didn't seem to mind sitting on his lap).

 All 6 kids….Avery and Maddy weren't very happy about being near Santa.

 We spent Thursday at my parents house for Thanksgiving.  These days we aren't able to travel all over to various Thanksgivings like we used to.  Making the 3 hour trip home, hour trip to Indy, and 3 hour trip back home with the kids in just a few short days is about all the kids can handle.

Picture in front of the Christmas tree for Mom and Dad's Christmas card….

 This sweet girl on her first Thanksgiving!!

Amber, Mom and I did our annual Black Friday shopping trip on Friday.  This was my first night away from Emery (we headed down to Indy on Thursday night). We started around 4am and we were done before 12 or 1.  Scott spent the day at Nana and Papa Lindvalls' house.  Friday evening, Scott and I went on a double date to go see Dumb and Dumber 2.

On Saturday, we spent the day in Noblesville for the Lindvall Thanksgiving.  We left from there to head back to Ohio and got home around 8:30.  I'm not sure who was more tired when we got home….the kids or us!  Emery didn't sleep well when we were home (and she wasn't even sleeping well here at our house) and the kids were exhausted from skipping naps and playing with their cousins for 3 straight days.  

Despite being unbelievably tired, we had a great few days celebrating Thanksgiving!