Thanksgiving In TEXAS!

We flew home to Texas for Thanksgiving this year. With me due in January we knew it would be our last time to fly home to see our parents before the baby is born. My sisters both flew home with their familes and Eric's siblings and cousins were able to be there also. It was so much fun. It was supposed to be a "Harline" Christmas this year but with my baby and Sarah's baby due after the new year, we tried to turn Thanksgiving into a little Christmas of fun activities and many moments to make memories. My sisters are my best friends and we haven't all been home at my mom's house all together in years. It was lots of fun and the kids had so much fun. My kids are lucky enough to have both sets of Grandparents 10 minutes away from eachother everytime we go home to Houston. So they were kept busy every moment. If we had some down time at one house, we'd run over to the other house and join in on the festivities.

My mom took the entire week off of work so we did a little activity with the kids each day: We went to the Aquarium Downtown and enjoyed the amusement park, we saw all the amazing fish, and white Bangle Tiger; Brent and Audrey got the stomach flu that day at the park, but were both troopers and survived with smiles on; We enjoyed the BYU/ UTAH game and Eric was on cloud 9 all week long to say the least. (If the baby wasn't due so soon, he'd be at the Sugar Bowl cheering his Utes on in Jan.) -sorry babe. Hopefully they'll break into the BCS another year. We took the kids to the local fire station and they got to climb all over a real fire truck! We had a really fun shopping day with just my mom and sisters; and even got to go swimming in Eric's back yard. Mimmie and Poppie heated their pool, and the kids were in heaven. The boys enjoyed some golfing, tennis, and even came out of the Thanksgiving Turkey bowl with out any major injuries. And enjoyed some late night card games around my mom's dining room table, oh and hit the movies a few times. (Twilight, and the James Bond Movie) We celebrated Angie's birthday and Brent's birthday (another post)
It was a wonderful but exhausting trip. We love having both our families being so close, but it can be tiring to run back and forth and try to squeeze in everything with both familes.
Eric was a sweetheart and he upgraded his ticket to first class and gave it to me so I could relax and sleep with extra room and luxury on the flights home (Yes, we had a layover) . To add even more stars in his belt, Taylor got the flu bug that morning and not only was he in coach with both the kids by himself, he was having to hold the throw up bag for Taylor and endure the looks from everyone around him. He is my PRINCE CHARMING! love you honey!