Today we went up North (apparently along with the rest of the metro area) to go see Brian’s family.  His mother’s birthday was yesterday, so we were going to spend the afternoon up there to visit and have some birthday cake.

We ran into a bit of holiday weekend traffic and road construction that set us back 45 minutes as we crawled along the highway.  The kids were happily watching Undercover Dora in the back.  What did we do before DVD players in the car??  Apparently, parents went insane.  At least that is how we feel when we DON’T let them watch it.  😉

Our day…

Happy birthday, Grandma!

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Little helper…feeding the horses

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First family picture of the year

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Hi Chex!

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Hey there baby calf!

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We headed home as the sun was setting.  I really wanted to pull over and grab my camera as the red sun was setting over the river valley.  I didn’t want to wake the sleeping princess in the back, though, so I kept on driving.  It was quite pretty.  Guess I’ll have to rely on my rather flawed memory to remember it. 🙂