We weren't the only ones who made the trip to Missouri. Andrew's brother Jason and his family flew in for a week.
Plus, Grandma Conway came in from California and Aunt Diane from Pennsylvania came in for a few days. Having so many people to go visit was a touch over whelming at times. My parents live about 45 minutes away from where all the Conways were staying. We spent allot of time on the road driving to visit everyone. Lexie didn't mind that though. She loved pointing out all the horses and cows which she would say were PaPa's. Poor Lance didn't like leaving my parents house at all. He just wanted to stay and relax.
Monday was kind of hard finding something fun to do. Our first choice was closed. The park or anything like that was out of the question because of Lexie's arm. Grandma treated us to movie which ended up being perfect.
Friday evening I met some of my Pampered Chef family at a Mexican restaurant. It was great catching up with girls and chatting.
Andrew spent allot of his time hunting. He took Lance along a couple of times. Lance just loved spending time with his dad.
The first few days we spent adjusting to the 3 hour time change. Sunday morning we had planned to wake up and attend church but we didn't even wake up until 11. We did better with each passing day an by the next Sunday the kids and I were able to wake up early enough to attend church.
We loved getting to visit with Grandma Conway and Diane even if it was just for a couple days. Lexie really took to Aunt Diane because of all the jewelry she wears.
After the movie we drove out to my sister Sarah's house for dinner. My sister has a small chihuahua that had a puppy. The kids were in love!!!
We attended 4 birthday parties while in Missouri; Uncle Jason's 30th birthday, Emma & Lydia's 8th birthday, Haylie's 7th birthday and Megan's 15th.
Most of our trip was pretty relaxed just spent hanging out with family which was prefect. I don't like to plan much. I always feel rushed to get places on time. So no plans is perfect for us!
One thing Lance was really looking forward to was fishing so Andrew made sure to take him one day along with Austin.
We had a great time in Missouri visiting family and friends. After two weeks though the kids and I were ready to be back home. My dad was sure to send us home with a cooler full of deer meat.
Our flights went by super smooth and before we knew it we arrived home in Fairbanks to -25 degree weather.
We are blessed with such wonderful families! I always look forward to each visit. I'm not sure when we will go back again. Maybe in the spring. When summer comes we really don't want to leave Alaska. We love having visitors and showing off our awesome home.
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