The weekend before Thanksgiving we did a very last minute, spontaneous trip to Truckee with Shani's family thanks to Chris and Kathryn. Friday night they asked/convinced us all to head to Truckee after work Saturday. Chris and Kat were obviously in, Mom and Dad unknowingly committed thinking they had only been asked to watch Kaydence at home, and John was in as long as he could make two stops at Fifty-Fifty (a brewery in Truckee). So it was decided that we were going and they found a beautiful place to stay for an amazing price. We stayed in Northstar at a 3 bed/3 bath condo right in Northstar village. It was perfect! The weatherman (aka "Gary") had us concerned about a storm hitting that weekend, but it turned out to only rain which made driving much easier. We hit a bit of snow on the way home, but nothing was sticking so the drive was great with no traffic. We had so much fun hanging out all together, relaxing, and introducing Landon to the snow for the first time. As most of you know, Shani is a planner and the spontaneity of the trip had her a little freaked out, but it was such a great trip that John hopes she continues to learn to be more spontaneous :-)
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| Landon's first experience with snow |
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| Kaydence smiling at her Daddy |
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| Lando hitching a ride with Kaydence |
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| Banzai! |
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| A worker let Landon sit in the tractor |
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| Kelley family |
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| Uncle Chris, Auntie Kat, and Kaydence |
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| Nonni and Kaydence |
We decided to do a 5K Turkey Trot that went around Maidu park. Chris and Kathryn and our friends Karin and Zach and Michelle and Peter all ran it too. We had so much fun doing the Mud Run we figured why not (minus the fact that Shani is now 20 weeks pregnant). We couldn't ask for a better location as we literally walked across the street to the race start. The event was a little bit on the unorganized side: John stood in line for 1.5 hours to pick up our packet/bibs the day before and the race started 15-20 minutes late. Although we are so happy with how many people turned out for the event (walkers and runners), we were a little annoyed by some of the people who walked 5 people wide blocking the whole path and those with dogs on long leashes. Shani actually almost tripped over someone letting the leash out too far. Did we mention it is even harder to dodge all the walkers and long dog-leash walkers while pushing a jogging stroller? Yep, Chris was pushing Kaydence and John had Landon. Both kids did great and made it through the whole run. This was Kaydence's first run in the stroller and Landon has only done 2 miles, but both were happy as can be and allowed us to finish the race. So we all survived and managed to do pretty well since some of us haven't been running much (or at all). Papa even hung around during the race and took some great pictures of us. He was there just in case either of the kids weren't having it and needed to get picked up. It was a great way to start Thanksgiving and something we plan on trying to make a tradition from now on.
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| Ready to run! |
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| Uncle Chris, Auntie Kat, and Kaydence |
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| Peter and Michelle |
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| Karin and Zach |
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| We did it! |
We had Thanksgiving over at Shani's parents' house. It was a quiet year as Chris, Kathryn, and Kaydence went to Kat's side of the family and Shani's cousin who usually comes went her boyfriend's side. So it was just Mom, Dad, Grandpa Chuck, Aunt Robin, and us. It was really different having it so quiet but it was still nice. Mom prepared ALL the food. She did a great job and it tasted amazing! We had a lot of left overs since Mom and Dad decided on a 19-lb turkey before they realized half the normal crew wasn't going to make it. That's okay with us as we are still eating some great left-overs. Chris and Kat and Misty and Steve then made it over for dessert. This was the first time Grandpa Chuck has seen Kaydence. It was quite adorable to see him with his two great-grandchildren. Grandpa is getting tired in his old age (93) but he really wanted to stay until he saw Kaydence which was really sweet. We were so glad he got to hold her (with Landon very close by).
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| Great Grandpa Chuck with his great grand-kids |
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| If we have another boy, do you think we can take Kaydence and she can pass for one of ours?? |
We decided to take Landon up the hill to cut down a tree this year. Although we know it's early (not even December yet) we had the time, plus Shani really likes having her tree up as long as she can. We headed to Little Bear with Shani's parents to cut it down. We had some trouble finding one and it wasn't until we had practically given up that we found one that worked. Although we are used to the very full trees, we were happy with the one we picked. Landon wasn't into hiking around much, but loved running around on John's shoulders. He was also very interested while John was using the saw. Landon would have taken over if we had given him the chance. It was a very fun experience and one we are sure we'll do again in the future. Crazy to think next year we'll have another little one with us!
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