Thanksgiving Point

Do you know the the Hinckley family? If not you should introduce yourself. They are the most generous, loving, kindest, supporting friends you will ever meet. A month ago Danielle and I decided to surprise Andy for his birthday. So after driving up with their three kids they popped in to "surprise" Andy. And surprised he was!! He couldn't believe they were actually on our doorstep. The best part about the Hinckley's is that all four of us get along great. We all laugh, tell stories, tease and share a love of travel and food. Today we went to Thanksgiving Point to have fun with the kids. It is all decorated in Halloween gear and the kids loved all the pumpkins.

 First stop was the Dinosaur museum. All the kids had fun in the exhibits running from place to place.

 When you ask Lucas to say "Cheese" this is the face you get. Classic. You will be seeing it a lot this post :)

 Posing in front of the Dinosaurs... did you know I don't really believe in Dinosaurs? Yes Eric and Andy give me a hard time. Another story for another day.

 Baby Jane just hanging out in the stroller

 They have this awesome "Digging for Dinosaurs" exhibit. The kids loved it. 

 I love these two. Audra and Lucas are 3 weeks apart. They are showing each other the Dinosaurs they found

 Meet Preston. The oldest of the kids. He is the sweetest boy. At one point he had found 6 Dinosaurs and he tells us "I gave 2 to Audra and 2 to Lucas so everyone would have a Dino" So sweet.

Outside photo op

 3 of the 5 kids. The younger 2 were napping. 

 After a yummy lunch Andy met up for the fun. These two have been best friends since grade school. 

 Lucas and Preston running. Love those boys.

 We headed to Cornbelly's for some Halloween fun.

 Say "Cheese!"

 They have these things called Air Pillows. It is a giant pillow on the ground that you jump on. The boys were in heaven jumping.

 They also loved the giant slides. Lucas even started going head first!

 Jane went on her first slide

 She wasn't quite sure about it.

 Family photo op

 Cow Train. Not pictured is Lucas freaking out as they are leaving and begging me to come with him. So I jumped in thinking I would fit. WRONG. My butt was half in half out. I thought "No big deal, we just are going to go around a few times" WRONG again! This train went around the corn maze on a 20 minute ride. I almost got out and walked next to Lucas it was so uncomfortable. But alas... we made it :)

Overall everyone had a great time. We all enjoyed the fall weather. We got home and crashed hard. Lucas slept for 3 1/2 hours, Jane slept for 2 1/2 hours, I slept for an hour, and Andy is still sleeping... just kidding. But he slept too! Stay tuned for the next adventures of the Hinckley's and Coons!