Thursday was our "day after"

Thursday, while most people were celebrating Thanksgiving, here at the Johnston Chronicles, life was either full of traveling, getting ready to travel, or lounging around eating leftovers. Joshua, Erica, Thalia and Blu took off for home at 3:15 a.m. Gabe, Emily, Emerson, and Biscuit packed a little, ate a little, played a little, and then started all over again. Around 5 p.m., they were packed and hit the road.

The house was feeling a lot emptier...but before the emptiness set in, we had some 'playing with the babies' time...Benjamin started his day by talking to his Grandma, Grandpa, and his 2nd cousin, Julie...
They live in Montana...

Thank goodness for SKYPE!
Emerson decided to watch a little football with his Papa and cousin Addison...
Emerson and Benjamin played around...
They were laughing at their Papa's attempted jokes...
They played on the floor with their toys... sharing, of course.
Benjamin had been a bit jealous of his cousin, Emerson, who is now eating things like sweet potatoes, rice cereal, etc... so his mama gave him some milk in a spoon...
He wasn't too sure what this spoon was - at least at first.
We loved having GRITS here...
Grammy loved holding her boys...here she is with Emerson...
Emerson! What did you say to your cousin Addison?
Emerson was getting ready to go home... he became the icing in the middle of the oreo cookie... that means he was sandwiched between his Mimi and Papa...who were so sad for him to go home!
Gabe was saying good-bye to his Grammy....
and, of course, to his Saddie...
Aunt Lindsey was showing him what it was like to be in cousin Benjamin's Ergo...
Emerson was loving attacking his Aunt Patti's glasses...
Gabe gave his sweet wife, Emily, a kiss...ahhhhh....
Emerson wanted one more picture with his Aunt Patti...she was only too happy to oblige.
Benjamin grabbed his cousin Liz's hat. We need to let the readers of the Johnston Chronicles know that 'Wicked' has to do with the musical, not Benjamin...but I think you readers already knew that.Benjamin was enjoying sitting on his mama's shoulders...

Playing with the babies...already missing Joshua, Erica, and Thalia...eating leftovers, and visiting with the fam... that's how we spent our Thursday!