Face Planting at Landa Park

I adore Landa Park in New Braunfels - a beautiful, calm setting with lots to see and do.  We took the kids there on Saturday morning, joined by my mom and brother, my uncle and grandma.

Maya was all smiles as we gathered the group - 

Posing with the family matriarch -

Collin feeding the ducks -

Maya threw her bread 6 inches to the ducks that came right up to the edge -

And ate some of the bread while she was at it -

Sweet Uncle Alex didn't get much personal space when Collin was awake - they shared a room in NB, always had to sit near each other at meals, and tumbled and wrestled whenever Alex wasn't on the tennis court.  Collin loved all the time with him!

This girl loves her "mammy" - though my mom is trying hard to teach her the "gr" sound!

Family pic at the park - Maya's the only one looking at the right camera -

My Uncle Larry and Grandma Jewell Rae headed back to the condos rather than to the playground and train, but took a photo of our crew before they left -

Shortly after this photo, Maya was running and face planted on the sidewalk.  It didn't look too bad on Saturday, but on Sunday she woke up with a Rudolph scab that lasted for weeks!  Luckily we were able to scoop her up, hit a playground, have some pb&j, and then ride the train, so she was distracted from her wound.

This is one of my favorite pictures of the year - all with similar expressions!

Saturday night, Cas headed home to travel to Green Bay for a football game with a customer.  And Saturday night I was hit with a stomach bug.  So my wonderful family rounded up all the gifts we received (like new fighting men from Uncle Alex and Aunt Coady), packed our condo that looked like a clothes/toys/book tornado hit it, cared for my kids, and loaded up the car the next day.  Alex drove my car with my bike rigged up precariously to the back and dealt with dirty diapers and whining on the 3 hour car ride while I offered little to no help.

I had an incredible Thanksgiving long weekend up until 11pm on Saturday night (start of the bug), and I'm so thankful that we were able to spend time with all of our family!