On Friday mom called me and asked what my plans were for the reunion I told her we originally planned on leaving at bed time on Friday and getting a hotel room in Tyler but then decided it would be better and cheaper to just go up and back in one day. So the plan was to leave our house at 5:30 and either stop in Huntsville or Crockett for Breakfast depending on whether Eli fell back to sleep in the car or not. Then to make a couple more stops along the way to let Eli run around. Mom told dad our plan and dad thought that sounded like fun and decided they wanted to come with us. I asked my mom if dad understood that he need to be at our house at 5 am and she said he did. Mom and dad live in Waller which is about a 45 min to an hour drive away.
So at 5 till 5 my parents show up in our driveway. We get the van all pack with our stuff and the car seat moved into the van then wait for the coffee to finish brewing, can't leave that early in the morning with out a cup of coffee! After we got our coffee everyone piled into the van and I went and got the boy who I thought would fall back asleep because he was laying on my shoulder but as soon as he heard the van and saw Nana and Papa it was all over that boy was awake! How come my plans never go according to plan?! Oh well, we still pulled out of our driveway 2 minutes till 5:30 so we were still right on schedule.
Since the boy was awake we decided to stop in Huntsville for breakfast. Thomas and I were thinking Mcdonalds for breakfast but my parents wanted IHOP. For those of you who went to school in Huntsville you might know why Thomas and I did not want to go to IHOP the service there (when we were in school) was horrible you were lucky to get anything to eat. We decided to give it try with the knowledge we could always walk out and go to Mcdonalds. We were pleasantly surprised with the wonderful service and friendly faces. We had a lovely breakfast where we got to find out way to much personal information about the table of ladies sitting behind us! After our bellies were full and Eli was changed and dressed for the day we piled back into the van. We stopped again in a town outside of Crockett for bathroom and drinks. Then we stopped again in Athens because Eli was ready to stretch his legs for a little bit. Eli did awesome on the trip up there, even though he didn't fall back asleep. He watched the road for a while then played cars, read a few books and then we put on Finding Nemo for him to watch. He seemed to enjoy Finding Nemo. I think I was a lot more antsy then El was!
We finally pulled into the 1st Assembly of God Church at 10:10. Already there were my Aunt Cathy and Uncle Carl, Aunt Brenda and Uncle Jerry Don and My Granny and Aunt Leona. The Church doors were to open at 10 so we decided to get there as early as possible since we would be staying very long. It was kind of exciting to bring Eli since the last time we were up in Brownsboro (which was for my Aunt Mildred and Uncle Henry's 50th wedding anniversary) was 2 years ago when I was pregnant with Eli. So this was the 1st time this side of the family has ever met Eli. They all loved him and I kept getting complements on how good he was being.
Eli Playing cars (tractors) with Nana while eating gold fish while we waited for everyone to show up.
Still playing
Better shot of the tractor action!
Playing with Papa
Everyone one was standing against the wall while we went through who the families were so Eli decided he needed to stand with everyone.
Everyone was clapping (because Uncle Henry forgot to include his son-in-law in his family) so Eli had to clap too.
Waiting paitently
Eli just being cute
Laura and her family finally showed up and doesn't she look nice in that pink shirt!
Eli loved playing with his cousin, London.
Eli kept hugging on his cousin (I don't remember her name but she's London's little sister)
They were all playing chase but there wasn't much room in the church for chase and to hot outside.
I wish I would have taken more pictures of the family but I kept forgetting to get my camera out and take pictures. Eli loved meeting all his aunts, uncles and cousins. I don't think Eli has ever met a person he hasn't liked or tried to engage in play with!
After lunch and visiting (where Eli enjoyed Uncle Ray's home grown tomatoes) We headed for Home. Eli fell asleep with in 2 minutes of the trip home but he only slept for 1 1/2 hours. I was hoping that he would sleep for his usually 3 hour nap but like I said my plans never go as planned! Even with Eli only sleeping for 1 1/2 hours we made it all the way to Huntsville before stopping. We decided to stop at the duck pond since it would be a fun place for Eli to run around and the museum would be open for bathrooms. We played around the duck pond for 30 minutes and then got back into the van to head for home. When We got just outside of Conroe there must have been an acident on 45 because traffic was stopped! We exited and took 75 pasted Conroe. We finally made it home at 5:30. We had originally planned to stop in Huntsville or Conroe for dinner and get our favorite BBQ at McKenzie's but we were all just ready to get home. So Thomas and I decided to order pizza instead even though we had, had pizza the night before. After we got home we just chilled and watched Dora before bath and bed time. We were all pretty tired from our trip. Eli went down for bed very easily and Thomas and I went to bed shortly after Eli. Even though it was an exhausting day it was fun and we enjoyed seeing our family!
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