Thanksgiving in Dallas

This Thanksgiving was really great. We went to Dallas to see Tim's brother and his family. It's about a 5 hour trip, depending on stoppage time for child related issues. Although now JJ is taking a bottle roadtrips are a lot easier! It's funny, I would used to have said that 5 hours is a really long drive, but now, with the size of Texas, it really feels like nothing! Well, not nothing, but it doesn't seem far at all.

We arrived on Wednesday morning and hung out for a while. Lawson (our 4 year old nephew) was really cute, Tys & Sara said he was holding Oli's toothbrush (that we had left last time we were there) for a few hours before we got there waiting for us to arrive. In the afternoon we went to the Galleria mall in North Dallas. It was a really amazing mall with loads of English shops so I was really excited, and a fun playplace for the kids. We also went to dinner at Genghis grill, it's mongolian bbq and it's amazing!

Oli & Lawson by the huge Christmas Tree

Dads!

All the Oblad cousins in tow

The next day was Thanksgiving! Tyson and Sara made the dinner and it was soooo yummy. We also found out JJ likes yams, but doesn't like turkey baby food.

Almost 7 months...he's so big!

I don't think we went out at all that day, just a lot of eating and then some naps. Perfect. The next few days were filled with lots of playing and shopping (for me). On Saturday we went to a local park to take some pictures. They turned out really great, the Fall leaves were so gorgeous. Here's a few:

Porter, JJ, Oliver, Makayla & Lawson

On Saturday night Sara and I went to Olive Garden (with a gift certificate I'd gotten from complaining!) and to Kohls for some shopping. It was SO nice to be out without the kids! We had a  really good time and love being with family, especially since the kids play so well together. We're back in a few weeks before we go to England and for New Years.