Monday, November 26, 2012

Thanksgiving Travels

For the Thanksgiving holiday, Jesse and I traveled to Missouri to see my parents. It was so great to get away for a few days! Here are a few photos from our trip...

This is a bridge at Kansas City that I always think is so cool and I remembered to get a picture this time. I've always wondered if the cables actually serve a purpose or if they're simply decoration.

We got put to work the first day we were down there, but that was okay with us. (good workout!) We helped my parents blow the leaves out of their yard and into piles. Boy do they have leaves!!! The front yard was a piece of cake, but the back yard was completely full! After we blew the leaves as far as we could, my dad had the brilliant idea to rig up a plow on his Ranger to push the leaves! See where I get my creativity from :)

After a hard day of work, we were rewarded with a yummy Thanksgiving dinner. My mom went all out with homemade everything! Her stuffing was awesome and the chocolate pecan pie was delicious!

 On Friday we did a little shopping, but no crazy 4 am deals. We just ran errands and had a nice lunch. On our way home we stopped at one of the local wineries and took a tour and did some tasting. They had a laser engraving area set up in their winery! I got to talk with the guy running it for quite a while and thought it was so cool they had someone right there engraving orders!

The best part was waking up each morning to this beautiful view!

It was great to see my parents over this extended weekend and you can guarantee we'll be back for a visit real soon :)

20 comments:

  1. Always nice to see family at the holidays! I can't get over the amount of leaves!!! :) Danica

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  2. Sounds like a wonderful visit and holiday with your family Edi! The pictures are great, love that view. Wow, I thought we have a lot of leaves... Love how your dad fixed up the plow on his Ranger to push the leaves, great idea!

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  3. That is a cool bridge! I don't think I have ever seen that many leaves before :)
    The view from the house is stunning!

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  4. I love that bridge - such a great design. Agree with Duni ... WOW what a lot of leaves! We have a ton of trees at our place, but we don't need equipment to get at those leaves!! Glad you had a good holiday with your parents. looks like a pretty place

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  5. I am glad you had a great Thanksgiving! There is a bridge like that in Boston. It gets lit up at night in purple!

    Geez, I thought my backyard was covered in leaves!!!! Great idea pushing them away! Your parents have an amazing view. They must feel like they are on vacation every day!

    It must have been fun talking to a fellow engraver. :) Have a fabulous week ahead!

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  6. That bridge is really cool! And omg that pie looks delicious. :)

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  7. What a nice trip! And man, I thought we had leaves in our yard. Your parents win that award!

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  8. How wonderful to go home for the holidays! I am so happy that you had a wonderful time!!!

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  9. What a wonderful way to spend the holidays. Looks like you had a lovely visit, great photos.
    Valerie
    Everyday Inspired

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  10. I'm glad that you had such a good visit with your parents! I enjoyed your pictures. Your parents live in a beautiful area.

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  11. Sounds like you had a lovely visit with your folks. I can't believe the amount of leaves -- I'd hate to think of bagging all of them! A bridge like that was just built on the outskirts of Dallas -- it looks kind of funny with the skyscrapers in back of it!

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  12. That's a cool bridge and your photo looks like there's a streak coming off the top! Whoa nelly that's a lot of leaves! Glad you enjoyed your time in MO!

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  13. love the view! They're so lucky, being that close to the water! What fun you'll have here during the hot weather! {:-D

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  14. It looks like a great trip! That bridge is really interesting. Engineering like that always baffles me. It's magic :).

    Glad you had a nice holiday!

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  15. Haha - love the leaf pusher - that is a LOT of leaves! What a beautiful view =)

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  16. What a lovely trip! That is an amazing view- wow. That's pretty neat about the winery laser engraving. Perhaps one day you can have a brick and mortar?

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  17. Southern Missouri is indeed beautiful! Glad you had a good family trip! Also, I'm not sure which bridge that is in KC, I don't remember it.

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  18. What a wonderful way to spend the holiday! I'm so glad I don't have to deal with leaves like that!! But then again, with a view like that I would deal with just about anything!

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  19. So nice to spend time with family. And I agree, that's one great view to wake up to!

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  20. What a view!
    Your trip sounds wonderful!
    That IS a LOT of leaves! I can see gathering them would be quite a workout!
    mmm..love pecan pie. I've never had a chocolate pecan pie, but I'm will to try!

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