Several months ago Russ found out he was going back to Delaware on a business trip to do a 2-day training session in Newark. So, we decided McKell and I should accompany him! Travelling with him while he's doing business is the way to go - we used a company car to drive to the airport in Austin, and the company paid for the parking, rental car, Russ's flight, etc. Sweet! I had enough Southwest points to buy my flight, so we hardly paid anything out of pocket.
We did pay for Russ's mom to fly in and stay with the 3 older girls. They had fun! (but I think she would prefer to stick with being Nana, rather than Nana-Mom). Because she was coming just a few weeks after Christmas, she decided to bring all our gifts with her instead of mailing them earlier. Christmas, take 2 - awesome!
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| She brought each of the girls a darling purse filled with brushes, tissues, hair ties, etc. Does this Nana know what a girl wants, or what?! |
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| And cuddly-loving McKell got (appropriately) a horsey. |
Thursday morning Russ got up early to drive back to Newark to teach his class. McKell and I laid low in Dover, playing and visiting with Amy and her kiddos. We have no stairs at our house, so McKell spent lots of time going up and down and up and down and up and down.
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| Russ and McKell with Barrett and Hannah (who is just about a month younger than M). |
Friday morning Russ went back up to teach, and Amy and I headed up to Newark as well to visit some wonderful friends. I miss the friends we left behind in DE, so it was lovely to see them again and catch up on the past few years.
Friday night we went out to a restaurant (which was also paid for by Russ's employer - yeah!)
We went to bed late Friday night, and got up very early the next morning to head back home. So, a quick trip, but a wonderful one.
We miss you!! We loved having you here! McKell encouraged Hannah to be a little more adventuresome on the stairs and turn around to scoot down backwards. Want to come back so the 2 little cuties can play again?
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