This year we were actually driving to Phoenix on Thanksgiving Day itself. Bobby has been having to work long hours and also the weekends too but thankfully was able to get away at the last minute. We loaded up the minivan again with more things (this is my way of down-sizing :-) and off we go! We spot some smoke but thankfully it is not along the I-10 freeway:
We arrive Phoenix around 4:30pm and our neighbor actually invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner but we opted to meet up with them on Friday. Instead, I had packed up our leftover lasagna and that was our Thanksgiving dinner! Everyone except Graham enjoyed dinner. Graham was being very picky about the ricotta cheese. He is so sensitive to change! He can even taste the different between the regular Ritz cracker vs the wheat one, which I bought my mistake. Little stinker!
The next day, we head over to Lowe's to pick up a few things. The boys never get tired of sitting on the mowers:
When we get home, I turn on the water hose to clean up an outdoor mat and the boys enjoy spraying each other for a bit. In the end, Charlie comes in to watch a DVD:
And Graham continues to sit in a little toddler tub and plays on his own. He is like Ferdinand the Bull. Ha ha!
Day-after Thanksgiving dinner was great with our neighbor. The apple and pumpkin pie were YUMMY!!!
It is a really short trip and we are heading back to LA after 2 nights. But first, the boys enjoy some "Daddy's phone" time on the couch:
We leave Phoenix at around 10:30am and despite gaining the hour back, we only arrive home after 6pm. Phew!!! Traffic started waaaaay back in Palm Springs! Couldn't believe the amount of holiday traffic. We even had to wait in line at the gas station. Didn't have to do that since Abu Dhabi! The only consolation was the nice sunset on the way into LA.
We definitely have to leave earlier from Phoenix next time!
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