Thanksgiving 2017 in Utah

Axel and I flew to Utah for Thanksgiving a bit early while Jeff was at a work convention in LA.

On our flight out of JFK, a worker let us take a peek outside at the engine. Axel was in heaven!

Axel "helping" Kaden with his calculus homework.

Poor kid lost his voice on the first day.

Hula-hooping with hot wheels tracks

Making waffles with Papa

Helping Kaden open his birthday presents. Happy Birthday Kaden!

We all went bowling for Kaden's birthday party

Brandon, Olivia, Me, Axel, Gary, Grandpa R, Kaden, Alex, Grandma C

Axel saw this and asked, "Why does Nana have a cowboy chicken?"

Axel and his turkey roll he made with Nana

Reading with Kaden

Reading with Grandpa R

Axel and Nana went to the Dinosaur Museum

Jeff about 30 minutes after he arrived at the house. He was exhausted! After his convention, he flew to Seattle and met Papa and Brandon to go to the Seahawks game! They had a great time!

Kaden and Axel wrestling 

Reading with Daddy (can you tell this kid loves to read?)

Wrestling with Alex

We celebrated Axel's birthday early by going to Jungle Jim's. Jeff's cousin's kids came to play too!

This ride was CRAZY!

I love that they held hands in the hurricane simulator

Opening birthday presents!

 Thanksgiving Day!

Jeff led the boys in a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons.

Axel's "secret cave." All the toys are down there too. He coughed so bad at night that we finally stuck him in here so that I could get some sleep! He was more than happy to move in!

Axel with his "buddy," cousin Jared

We had a great trip and are so glad that we got to spend time with our Utah family!

Random Things

Axel keeps sneaking his slippers on after we put him to bed, and then accusing us of taking them off. I took this picture to prove to him that they were falling off all on their own.

Took me 20 minutes to find a parking spot near one of our church building in the Bronx, and even then I wasn't sure if I was parked legally. So I took a picture of the signs just in case.

Loved my Halloween decor and fresh flower set-up in my dining room.

We got to visit Legoland for free with some friends!

My friend Jess and her son Sergio

Axel, Ava, and Sergio eating icecream

Axel got some new costumes from a friend who out-grew them. Here he's being a SWAT pirate.

Jeff's epic beard. 

Early November

Walking home from preschool (photo cred Grandma Jones)

Grandma Jones sat in on the class Jeff teaches. Here he is, trying to pound some storyboarding principles into some brains.

Axel reading a comic book to Grandma Jones

We got to call Addie and watch her open the birthday presents from us. Cute kids!

Cut my hair. No big deal, haha.

Thanks for coming again Grandma Jones! We had an awesome time celebrating Halloween with you!