A Virginia Thanksgiving

We drove back from Virginia yesterday and with all the driving behind us, it was a great Thanksgiving time.  We were able to celebrate our anniversary, see family and old college friends, go to the zoo with the kids, go to story time with Diane (my mother in law) leading it, see a great football game, walk around the campus, it was just a good time all around.

Here we are at the VT/UVA game, and got to sit down where the Corps of Cadets usually sit.  We were able to call folks who were in the area and meet up with them there.  Some we have kept up with regularly thanks to facebook and blogs, and some we haven't seen in years.  We kept warm with the clothes we borrowed from Kevin's parents, and bought some more Hokie gear while we were there.  We met up with some other people after the game at Kevin's favorite place, El Rodeo. The campus has changed, but all the memories are still there.  I have a lot more pictures, I will just try to get Kevin to post them on his facebook page soon.  

Here is Rachel pointing out some animals at the zoo.  The finger was working over time at the zoo she love the animals.  She especially enjoyed the dogs that her uncle Ryan brought.  
Here is our attempt at a family picture on Thanksgiving.  I guess it turned out alright!
There was a lot of lounging on Pepere's lap.  They have cable and we were able to watch some shows that we don't usually get to see.  Kevin's parents also showed us the advantage of a DVR and recording shows, I think the record for watching a show was 15 min for a normally hour long show.  What a time saver.  
Here are the guys working on a project.  Kevin's dad is great at woodworking, and we got to watch them put together a wooden box.  Daniel wanted to be a part of the action.  
So as I mentioned briefly before we are pregnant again, but wanted to wait to share it with Kevin's family in person.  I am only a few weeks behind my sister in law, and it will be fun to have the cousins so close in age.  We always wanted to have three, and although they will be close in age, we are excited about the new one.  There are a lot of changes that need to be made, like a bigger car, but a wise friend once told me you have nine months to get prepared, and so we will take it one step at a time.  Right now I am just a little more tired, and the other two keep me so busy.  

So it is good to be home, but we are think into the holiday season, and will be seeing family again in a few weeks.  But for this week, I think we all are going to be resting and getting back to the routine.